JS Muroto (1979)

	JS Muroto
History
Japan
Name	Muroto; (むろと);
Namesake	Muroto
Ordered	1977
Builder	Mitsubishi, Tokyo
Laid down	28 November 1977
Launched	25 July 1979
Commissioned	27 March 1980
Decommissioned	4 April 2012
Stricken	October 2012
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: ARC-482
Fate	Scrapped
Class overview
Preceded by	Tsugaru class
Succeeded by	Muroto class (2012)
General characteristics
Type	Cable layer
Displacement	4,500 long tons (4,600 t), standard; 6,000 long tons (6,100 t), maximum;
Length	133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam	17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Draft	5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Depth	8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	4 × Kawasaki diesel engines; 2 × shafts;
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	135
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × OPS-9 radar

JS Muroto (ARC-482) was a cable laying ship of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.

History
JS Muroto
Japan
Name	Muroto (むろと)
Namesake	Muroto
Ordered	1977
Builder	Mitsubishi, Tokyo
Laid down	28 November 1977
Launched	25 July 1979
Commissioned	27 March 1980
Decommissioned	4 April 2012
Stricken	October 2012
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: ARC-482
Fate	Scrapped
Class overview
Preceded by	Tsugaru class
Succeeded by	Muroto class (2012)
General characteristics
Type	Cable layer
Displacement	4,500 long tons (4,600 t), standard 6,000 long tons (6,100 t), maximum
Length	133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam	17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Draft	5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Depth	8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	4 × Kawasaki diesel engines 2 × shafts
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	135
Sensors and processing systems	1 × OPS-9 radar