JS Ōmi (AOE-426)

	JS Ōmi in January 2017.
History
Japan
Name:	Ōmi; (おうみ);
Namesake:	Ōmi Province
Owner:	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Builder:	Hitachi Shipbuilding Corporation, Maizuru Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, Tokyo
Laid down:	7 February 2003
Launched:	19 February 2004
Commissioned:	3 April 2006
Homeport:	Yokosuka, Japan
Identification:	Pennant number: AOE-426
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class and type:	Mashū-class replenishment ship
Displacement:	13,500 tonnes standard
Length:	221 m (725 ft 1 in)
Beam:	27.0 m (88 ft 7 in)
Draught:	8.0 m (26 ft 3 in)
Propulsion:	2 × Kawasaki Rolls Royce Spey SM1C gas turbines; 40,000 shp (29,828 kW) each; 2 × shafts;
Speed:	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range:	9,500 nmi (17,594 km; 10,932 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement:	150
Sensors and ; processing systems:	OPS-28 Surface Search RDF; OPS-20 Navigation RDF;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys:	NOLR-8 RDF Interceptor; Mk.137 decoy launchers;
Armament:	2 × Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried:	1 × helicopter
Aviation facilities:	Helicopter deck and enclosed hangar

Ōmi (AOE-426) is the second ship of the Mashū-class replenishment ships of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 3 April 2006.[1][2]

Construction and career

She is laid down on 7 February 2003 and launched on 19 February 2004. Commissioned on 3 April 2006 with the hull number AOE-426.

JS Ōmi and JS Murasame at Yokosuka on 26 October 2011.
JS Ōmi at Yokosuka on 26 October 2011.
JS Ōmi and JS Yūgiri at Yokosuka on 18 May 2015.
JS Ōmi at Yokosuka on 18 May 2015.
JS Ōmi along with INS Sahyadri and a Kamorta-class corvette during a Malabar exercise.

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"AOE Mashu Class". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2020-10-01.

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