Awaji-class minesweeper

JS Awaji and JS Hirado on 29 November 2013
Class overview
NameAwaji
BuildersJMU, Yokohama
Preceded byYaeyama class
Built2014–2019
Planned4
On order1
Completed3
Active3
General characteristics
TypeMinesweeper
Displacement690 t (680 long tons) standard
Length66.8 m (219 ftin)
Beam11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Draft2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Depth5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement54
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament1 × JM61R-MS 20 mm gun

The Awaji class is a class of minesweepers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.[1]

  1. ^ "我が国の防衛と予算" [Defense Programs and Budget of Japan] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of Defense. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2021.