JS Agano

This article is about the frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. For the Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser, see Japanese cruiser Agano.

Agano leaving MHI Nagasaki shipyard after commisioning
History
Japan
NameAgano
NamesakeAgano River
Ordered2020
BuilderMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down24 June 2021
Launched21 December 2022
Commissioned20 June 2024
HomeportMaizuru
IdentificationPennant number: FFM-6
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeMogami-class frigate
Displacement
  • 3,900 tons standard
  • 5,500 tons full load
Length133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam16.3 m (53 ft 6 in)
Draft9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 × RHIB, UUV, USV
Crew90-100
Sensors and
processing systems
  • OPY-2 (X-band multi-purpose AESA radar)
  • OAX-3(EO/IR)
  • OQQ-25 (VDS + TASS)
  • OQQ-11 (Mine-hunting sonar)
  • OYQ-1 (Combat management system)
  • OYX-1-29 (Console display system)
Electronic warfare
& decoys		NOLQ-3E (Passive radar system + Electronic attack capability is integrated into the main radar antenna), Chaff dispenser
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-60L helicopter

Agano (あがの) is a frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the sixth ship of the Mogami class. Her namesake comes from the Agano River, which flows through Fukushima and Niigata Prefectures and into the Sea of Japan.[1][better source needed][2]

She is the second ship to be named after the Agano River, after the name ship of the Agano-class cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, but she is the first JMSDF ship to be named so.[2]

  1. ^ 防衛省 海上自衛隊 [@JMSDF_PAO] (21 December 2022). "12月21日、三菱重工業(株) 長崎造船所において、もがみ型護衛艦6番艦の命名式・進水式が行われ「あがの」 と命名されました。" (Tweet). Retrieved 21 December 2022 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ a b "海自期待の最新護衛艦「あがの」進水 三菱・長崎 FFMもがみ型早くも6隻目" [The MSDF's newest and most anticipated destroyer, "Agano," is launched by Mitsubishi Nagasaki, already the sixth FFM Mogami-class destroyer.]. 乗りものニュース (in Japanese). 21 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2024.