JS Yaeyama

JS Yaeyama at Yokosuka on 21 March 2016.
History
Japan
Name
  • Yaeyama
  • (やえやま)
NamesakeYaeyama
Ordered1989
BuilderHitachi Zosen Corporation
Laid down30 August 1990
Launched29 August 1991
Commissioned16 March 1993
Decommissioned28 June 2016
HomeportYokosuka
IdentificationMSO-301
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class & typeYaeyama-class minesweeper
Displacement
  • 1,000 tons standard (Official)
  • 1,250 tons full load (estimated)
Length67 m (220 ft)
Beam11.8 m (38.7 ft)
Draft3.1 m (10.2 ft)
Depth5.2 m (17 ft)
Propulsion
  • Diesel, two Mitsubishi 6NMU-TA1 diesels 2,400 hp (1.76 MW), two shafts
  • one 350 hp (257 kW) hydrojet bow thruster
Speed14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement60
Armament

JS Yaeyama (MSO-301) was the lead ship of the Yaeyama-class minesweepers of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 16 March 1993.

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