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Class overview
Builders	Mitsui, Tamano Universal, Keihin
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
General characteristics
Class and type	Hiuchi class AMS
Displacement	980 long tons (1,000 t)
Length	65 m (213 ft)
Beam	12.0 m (39.4 ft)
Height	5.8 m (19 ft)
Draft	3.5 m (11 ft)
Propulsion	Diesel
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	40
Notes	Special Equipment: crane system, towing system, fire system

The Hiuchi class support ship is designed to provide Auxiliary Multi-purpose Support (AMS) for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

The Hiuchi AMS class replaced the Auxiliary Service Utility class (ASU). The primary mission of these vessels is to support training exercises of other ships, including shooting practice and torpedo launching practice.

Ships in the class

Notes

1. Global Security.org, AMS Hiuchi Class
2. ^ Global Security, AMS Hiuchi Class, ship list
3. ^ Werth, Eric. (2007). Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, p. 392, at Google Books

References

• Werth, Eric. (2007). Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9781591149552; OCLC 140283156

External links

• 多用途支援艦「ひうち」型
• Ministry of Defense, Press Conference by the Defense Minister (11:11-11:26 A.M. March 25, 2011)

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