JS Yūbetsu (FFM-8)
_launching_ceremony_at_Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries_Maritime_Systems_November_14,_2023_13.jpg) Yūbetsu after the launch ceremony | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Japan | |
| Name | Yūbetsu |
| Namesake | Yūbetsu River |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| Cost | Approximately 46 to 47 billion yen |
| Laid down | 30 August 2022 |
| Launched | 14 November 2023 |
| Commissioned | March 2025[1] |
| Identification | Pennant number: FFM-8 |
| Status | To be commissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Mogami-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 132.5 m (434 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 16.3 m (53 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 9 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × RHIB, UUV, USV |
| Crew | 90-100 |
| Sensors and processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | NOLQ-3E (Passive radar system + Electronic attack capability is integrated into the main radar antenna), Chaff dispenser |
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Yūbetsu (ゆうべつ) is a frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the eighth ship of the Mogami class. She was named after the Yūbetsu River in Hokkaido, and the second ship to bear the name, after the Yūbari-class destroyer escort Yūbetsu.[2]
History
[edit]Yūbetsu was ordered from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as part of the JMSDF's Mid-Term Defense Program of 2021, and was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Maritime Systems in Tamano on 30 August 2022. She was christened and launched on 14 November 2023. Although the acquisition cost of the Mk.41 VLS was included in the 2021 supplementary budget, it was decided[by whom?] to equip it at a later date due to the global semiconductor shortage.[3] The ship will be commissioned in March 2025 after a period of being fitted out and undergoing sea trials.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ To be equipped later.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "海上自衛隊・海上保安庁 艦船の動向 令和5年度を顧みて" [Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Japan Coast Guard Ship Trends: Looking Back at FY2023]. Ships of the World (in Japanese) (1021). Kaijinsha: 143. July 2024.
- ^ "防衛省向け3,900トン型護衛艦「ゆうべつ」の命名・進水式を玉野で実施 玉野における同型艦の進水は2番艦「くまの」に続き2隻目" [The naming and launching ceremony for the Ministry of Defense's 3,900-ton escort ship "Yubetsu" was held in Tamano. This is the second ship of the same type to be launched in Tamano, following the second ship "Kumano".]. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries website (in Japanese). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ "造船の街"玉野"の自衛艦建造どうなる？ 護衛艦「ゆうべつ」進水 もがみ型は最後に" [What will happen to the construction of Self-Defense Forces ships in the shipbuilding town of Tamano? The destroyer "Yubetsu" will be launched, and the Mogami class will be the last]. 乗りものニュース (in Japanese). 2023-11-25. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
External links
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