Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced on the official X account (@jmsdf_srh) that the 11th Mogami -class escort for the Japan Maritime Corps (JMSDF) was launched.
The autumn ceremony was held at Mitsubishi Shipyard in Nagasaki, where a modern escort series is being built. The name of the new trap was named ‘Tatsuta’ from the Tatsutagawa River, a tributary of Yamato River near Nara Prefecture.
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The name ‘tatsuta’ is used for the third time in the history of the Japanese Navy, and was previously assigned to the inclusion of the Japanese Empire Navy and the light cruiser in the 1920s and 1940s.
This trap is part of a total of 12 drying plans, the second launch trap from the end of Mogami. The last ship will be launched by the end of 2025. The hull was triggered on July 3, 2024, and will be commissioned in 2026 after a year of construction and maritime test.
Mogami -class escorts are the latest multifunctional battles developed to strengthen Japan’s marine defense capabilities. It is about 130m long, 16.3m wide, and up to 5,500 tons of drainage, and about 90 crew members.
The propulsion system is a CODAG method that uses Rolls -Royce MT30 gas turbine and two man diesel engines, providing up to 30 knots and more than 30 days of operational distance.
Main armed:
- 127mm mk 45 MOD 4 guns 1 door
- VL-ASROC Type 23 and Type 07 Missile VLS MK 41 Vertical Launcher 16 Cell
- Daesam Missile Type 17 (SSM-2) 8th
- 6th 324mm torpedo launcher (type 12 torpedo)
- SEARAM Melee Weapon Weapon System and Remote Armed Form 2
- SH-60K or SH-60L helicopter operation available
Sensors and combat systems include OPY-2 AESA radar, OYQ-1 combat management system, OAX-3 electronic optical sensor, OQQ-11 hull-mounted sonar, and OQQ-25’s Sona, and NOLQ-3E electronics system and minor response system.
With the progress of Mogami-class drying, JMSDF is accelerating naval modernization to cope with the increasing strategic challenge of the Indo-Pacific region.
Source and Image: x @jmsdf_srh | Militarnyi. This content was written with the help of AI and was reviewed by the editorial team.
