JS Hamana (AOE-424)

	JS Hamana refueling USS McCampbell on 7 June 2012.
History
Japan
Name:	Hamana; (はまな);
Namesake:	Lake Hamana
Owner:	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Builder:	Hitachi Shipbuilding Corporation, Maizuru
Laid down:	8 July 1988
Launched:	18 May 1989
Commissioned:	29 March 1990
Homeport:	Sasebo, Japan
Identification:	Pennant number: AOE-424
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class and type:	Towada-class replenishment ship
Displacement:	8,100 tonnes standard
Length:	167 m (548 ft)
Beam:	22.0 m (72.2 ft)
Draught:	15.9 m (52 ft)
Propulsion:	2 × Mitsui 16V42M-A diesel engines; 26,000 shp (19,388 kW) each; 2 × shafts;
Speed:	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Range:	10,500 nmi (19,446 km; 12,083 mi) at 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Complement:	140
Armament:	1 × Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried:	1 × helicopter
Aviation facilities:	Helicopter deck

Hamana (AOE-424) is the third ship of the Towada-class replenishment ships of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 29 March 1990.[1][2]

Construction and career

She is laid down on 8 July 1988 and launched on 18 May 1989. Commissioned on 29 March 1990 with the hull number AOE-424.

USS Antietam coming alongside JS Hamana for refueling 18 December 2001.
USS Antietam coming alongside JS Hamana for refueling 18 December 2001.
USS Antietam refueling with JS Hamana on 18 December 2001.
USS Tortuga pulls alongside JS Hamana for refueling on 2 November 2011.
JS Ariake and USS McCampbell refueling alongside JS Hamana on 13 November 2012.

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