Towada-class replenishment ship

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The US Navy destroyer USS McCampbell, right, conducts a replenishment at sea with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force fast-combat support ship JDS Hamana in 2012

Class overview
Builders| Hitachi Shipbuilding Corporation, Maizuru Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, Tokyo
Operators|  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by| Sagami class
Succeeded by| Mashū class
Planned| 3
Completed| 3
Active| 3
General characteristics
Type| Fast combat support ship
Displacement|

* 8,100 tonnes standard
* 12,100 tonnes full load

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
Aviation facilities| Helicopter deck only, may carry helicopters up to the size of MH-53E

The Towada-class is a series of replenishment oilers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Three ships of the class were built between 1985-89. The ships have the hull designator AOE.[1]

The Towada-class was designed as an enlarged, improved version of the Sagami-class fast combat support ships. The vessels are capable of mounting the Phalanx CIWS by design, although this is not a common occurrence.[2]

## List of ships

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Name  | Number  | Laid down  | Launched  | Commissioned  | Decommissioned  | Homeport  | Status

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Towada (とわだ) | AOE-422  | 17 April 1985  | 25 March 1986  | 24 March 1987  |  | Kure | Active
Tokiwa (ときわ) | AOE-423  | 12 May 1988  | 23 March 1989  | 12 March 1990  |  | Yokosuka | Active
Hamana (はまな) | AOE-424  | 8 July 1988  | 18 May 1989  | 29 March 1990  |  | Sasebo | Active

## References

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1. ^ Wertheim, Eric (2013). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, 16th Edition. Naval Institute Press. p. 377\. ISBN 978-1591149545.
2. ^ "AOE Towada Class". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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Combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Helicopter Destroyer (DDH)|

* Haruna
* Shirane
* Hyūga
* Izumo

Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG)|

* Amatsukaze
* Tachikaze
* Hatakaze
* Kongō
* Atago
* Maya

Destroyer (DD)|

* Asakaze (Gleaves)
* Ariake (Fletcher)
* Harukaze
* Akizuki (1959)
* Hatsuyuki
* Asagiri
* Murasame (1994)
* Takanami
* Akizuki (2010)
* Asahi

All Purpose Destroyer (DDA)|

* Murasame (1958)
* Takatsuki

Anti Submarine Destroyer (DDK)|

* Ayanami
* Yamagumo
* Minegumo

Destroyer Escort (DE)|

* Wakaba (Matsu)
* Asahi (Cannon)
* Akebono
* Ikazuchi
* Isuzu
* Chikugo
* Ishikari
* Yūbari
* Abukuma

Frigate Multi-Purpose/Mine (FFM)|

* Mogami

Patrol Frigate (PF)|

* Kusu (Tacoma)

Submarine (SS)|

* Kuroshio (Gato)
* Oyashio
* Hayashio
* Natsushio
* Ōshio
* Asashio
* Uzushio
* Yūshio
* Harushio
* Oyashio
* Sōryū
* Taigei

Ocean Minehunters/Minesweepers (MHS)|

* Yaeyama
* Awaji

Minesweeper Tenders (MST)|

* Nasami
* Miho
* Hayatomo
* Hayase
* Uraga

Minelayers (MMC)|

* Erimo
* Sōya

Coastal Minehunters/Minesweepers (MHC/MSC)|

* Ujishima
* Atada
* Yashiro
* Kasado
* Takami
* Hatsushima
* Uwajima
* Sugashima
* Harishima
* Enoshima

Amphibious Warfare (LST/LCU)|

* Ōsumi (LST-542)
* Atsumi
* Miura
* Yura
* LCU-2001
* Ōsumi

Diving Support Vessel (YDT)|

* YDT-01

Cable Laying Ship (ARC)|

* Tsugaru
* Muroto (1979)
* Muroto (2012)

Yacht (ASY)|

* Hashidate

Research Ship (AGS/AOS)|

* Akashi
* Futami
* Hibiki
* Nichinan
* Shōnan

Replenishment Ship (AO/AOE)|

* Hamana
* Sagami
* Towada
* Mashū

Patrol boat (PG)|

* PG 01 (Sparviero)
* Hayabusa

Submarine chaser (PC)|

* Kari
* Kamome
* Hayabusa
* Umitaka
* Mizutori

Training ship (TV/ATS/TSS)|

* Azuma
* Hatsuyuki
* Hatakaze
* Oyashio
* Kurobe
* Tenryū
* Kashima

Submarine rescue ship (ASR/AS)|

* Chihaya (1960)
* Fushimi
* Chiyoda (1983)
* Chihaya (1998)
* Chiyoda (2016)

Experimental ship (ASE)|

* Kurihama
* Asuka

Icebreaker (AGB)|

* Fuji
* Shirase (1981)
* Shirase (2008)

* List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
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Towada-class replenishment ships

* Towada
* Tokiwa
* Hamana

* Preceded by: Sagami
* Followed by: Mashū class

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