JS Nagara

Nagara being launched
History
Japan
NameNagara
NamesakeNagara River
BuilderMitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard
CostAbout 51.4 billion yen
Laid down6 July 2023
Launched19 December 2024
CommissionedMarch 2026 (scheduled)
IdentificationPennant number: FFM-10
StatusFitting out
General characteristics
Class & typeMogami-class frigate
Displacement
  • 3,900 t (3,800 long tons; 4,300 short tons) (standard)
  • 5,500 t (5,400 long tons; 6,100 short tons) (full load)
Length132.5 m (434 ft 9 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 &
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

Nagara (ながら) is a frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), and the tenth ship of the Mogami class. She is named after the Nagara River, becoming the second ship to bear this name, after the Imperial Japanese Navy's Nagara-class cruiser Nagara, as well as the first in the JMSDF era.