JDS Ojika

JDS Ojika (LST-4152) was the second ship of the Miura-class landing ship tanks of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 22 March 1976.

JDS Ojika at sea alongside 2 of her sister.
History
Japan
Name
  • Ojika
  • (おじか)
NamesakeOjika
BuilderIshikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries
Laid down10 June 1974
Launched2 September 1975
Commissioned22 March 1976
Decommissioned10 August 2001
HomeportYokosuka
IdentificationLST-4152
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class and typeMiura-class tank landing ship
Displacement
  • 2,000 t (2,000 long tons) standard
  • 3,300 t (3,200 long tons) full load
Length
  • 94 m (308 ft 5 in) pp
  • 98 m (321 ft 6 in) oa
Beam14 m (45 ft 11 in)
Draft3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Range4,300 nmi (8,000 km; 4,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
Complement118
Sensors and
processing systems
  • OPS-14 radar
  • OPS-16 radar
Armament
  • 1 × twin 76 mm (3 in)/50 guns
  • 1 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) guns

Development and design

The Maritime Self-Defense Force's transport and landing craft unit set up a fleet in 1955 with six general-purpose landing craft (LCUs) and 29 mobile landing craft (LCMs) provided by the U.S. Navy under the MSA Agreement. And. Subsequently, in 1961, based on the MSA agreement, three LST-542-class tank landing ships (LST-1 class final type) retired by the U.S. Navy were donated and started operation as Osumi type transport ships.[1]

The three ships of the same type formed the first transport corps under the control of the Yokosuka District Force, but on May 1, 1962, they were reassigned under the direct control of the Self-Defense Fleet and engaged in maritime transport and maritime operation transport. It was an extremely practical landing ship except for the lack of speed, but all of them were built from 1944 to 1945, and since they will reach the end of their useful life in the 40's of the Showa era, an alternative ship is needed. Was there. For this reason, the design of the 1,500-ton type (45LST), which had been built for the district corps a little earlier, was expanded, and it was built as a 2,000-ton type transport ship for agile operation under the SDF fleet.[2][3][4]

Construction and career

She was laid down on June 10, 1974 at Ishikawajima Harima Tokyo No. 2 Factory as the 1973 planned transport ship No. 4152 based on the 4th Defense Force Development Plan, and launched on September 4, 1975, 1976. Commissioned on March 22, 2014, it was incorporated into the 1st Transport Corps under the direct control of the Self-Defense Fleet and deployed in Yokosuka.

In 1992, a Cambodian dispatched maritime transport supply unit was formed to dispatch the Self-Defense Forces to Cambodia, loaded with personnel and vehicles, and departed Yokosuka with JDS Miura on September 17, 1992. They joined and arrived at the port of Sihanukville in Cambodia on October 2. Returned to Yokosuka on December 26.

She was decommissioned on August 10, 2001. The total itinerary during commissioning reached 387,699 nautical miles, 18 laps of the earth.[5]

References
  1. 「海上自衛隊全艦艇史」『世界の艦船』第630号、海人社、2004年8月、 1-261頁、 NAID 40006330308
  2. 森恒英「7. 輸送艦艇」『続 艦船メカニズム図鑑』グランプリ出版、1991年、228-247頁。ISBN 978-4876871131。
  3. "Miura class tank landing ship LST japan maritime self defense force". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  4. "Miura class Landing Ship/Platform Dock". Helis.com. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  5. 海上自衛新聞・（平成12年）, 28 April 2000（金）, page 2
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