JS ''Amakusa'' is a
''Hiuchi''-class Auxiliary Multi-purpose Support (AMS) ship of the
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
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(JMSDF).
The ship was built by
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in
Keihin and commissioned into service on 16 March 2004.
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AMS Hiuchi Class, ship list
/ref> The primary mission of the ''Amakusa'' is to support training exercises of other ships, including shooting practice and torpedo launching practice.
Service
This ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
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. ''Akakusa'' was the second of two JMSDF ships which towed barges of fresh water from Yokosuka
is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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to the Fukushima I nuclear accidents
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. The water was used to replace the seawater being used in cooling efforts at the plant.
On 22 May 2022, the ''Amakusa'' conducted surveillance on a PLAN
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destroyer
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larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats. They were conceived i ...
near Miyako Island
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Notes
References
* Werth, Eric. (2007). ''Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems.'' Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ;
External links
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* JMSDF
AMS-4303 あまくさ Amakusa
Hiuchi-class support ships
2003 ships
Ships built in Japan
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