 Launch ceremony of the Natori | |
| History | |
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| Name | Natori |
| Namesake | Natori River |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki |
| Cost | Approximately 46 to 47 billion yen |
| Laid down | 6 July 2023 |
| Launched | 24 June 2024 |
| Commissioned | December 2025 |
| Identification | Pennant number: FFM-9 |
| Status | Fitting out |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Mogami-class frigate |
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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) |
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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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Natori (なとり) is a frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the ninth ship of the Mogami class. She is named after the Natori River, which flows through the cities of Natori and Sendai in the Miyagi Prefecture, and the second ship to be named this way, after the Imperial Japanese Navy's Nagara-class cruiser Natori, as well as the first in the JMSDF era.
History
Natori was ordered by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as part of the JMSDF's Mid-Term Defense Program, and was laid down at the MHI Nagasaki Shipyard on 6 July 2023. She was christened and launched on 24 June 2024, and is scheduled to be commissioned in 2025 after a period of fitting out and subsequent sea trials.
References
- ^ "いま何番艦？ 最新護衛艦「なとり」進水 海上自衛隊では初の名前 由来は東北・宮城県" [What ship is it now? Newest destroyer "Natori" launched, the first of its kind in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, named after Miyagi Prefecture in Tohoku]. 乗りものニュース (in Japanese). メディア・ヴァーグ. 2024-06-24. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- 防衛省 海上自衛隊 (2024-06-24). "本日、三菱重工株式会社 長崎造船所において、もがみ型護衛艦９番艦の命名式・進水式が行われ「なとり」 と命名されました。" [Today, a naming and launching ceremony for the ninth Mogami-class destroyer was held at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.'s Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, and the ship was named "Natori."] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-06-24 – via Twitter.
- Takahashi, Kosuke (2024-06-24). "海上自衛隊の最新鋭もがみ型護衛艦9番艦「なとり」進水 艦名は宮城県の名取川に由来" [The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's latest Mogami-class destroyer, the ninth, "Natori," is launched. The ship's name comes from the Natori River in Miyagi Prefecture.]. Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-06-24.
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