JS ''Hamana'' (AOE-424) is the third ship of the s of the

Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force The , abbreviated , also simply known as the Japanese Navy, is the maritime warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. The JMSDF was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy ( ...

. She was commissioned on 29 March 1990.

Construction and career

She is

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on 8 July 1988 and launched on 18 May 1989. Commissioned on 29 March 1990 with the hull number AOE-424. On 19 February 2021, USS Curtis Wilbur and French frigate Prairial conducted a replenishment with JS ''Hamana''. On 21 May 2022, the ''Hamana'', the JS ''Makinami'' (DD-112), and the JS ''Asahi'' (DD-119) sighted the

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''Liaoning''

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going towards

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Gallery

File:011218-N-9236M-079 Japanese supply ship w-U.S. Cruiser.jpg, USS Antietam coming alongside JS ''Hamana'' for refueling 18 December 2001. File:JS Hamana, -18 Dec. 2001 a.jpg, USS Antietam coming alongside JS ''Hamana'' for refueling 18 December 2001. File:JS Hamana (AOE-424) prepares to send a refueling probe, -18 Dec. 2001 a.jpg, USS Antietam refueling with JS ''Hamana'' on 18 December 2001. File:US Navy 111102-N-ZZ999-179 The amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) pulls alongside the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force oiler JS Ham.jpg, USS Tortuga pulls alongside JS Hamana for refueling on 2 November 2011. File:JS Hamana (AOE-424) replenishes USS McCampbell (DDG-85) and JS Ariake (DD-109) in the Pacific, -13 Nov. 2012 a.jpg, JS Ariake and USS McCampbell refueling alongside JS ''Hamana'' on 13 November 2012.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamana (AOE-424) Ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships built by Hitachi Zosen Corporation 1989 ships Towada-class replenishment ships