JDS Sagami
JS Sagami underway on 3 February 2002. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Japan | |
| Name | Sagami (さがみ) |
| Namesake | Lake Sagami |
| Owner | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
| Ordered | 1962 |
| Builder | Hitachi Shipbuilding Corporation, Maizuru |
| Laid down | 28 September 1977 |
| Launched | 4 September 1978 |
| Commissioned | 30 March 1979 |
| Decommissioned | 3 March 2005 |
| Identification | Pennant number: AOE-421 |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Class overview | |
| Preceded by | Hamana class |
| Succeeded by | Towada class |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fast combat support ship |
| Displacement | 5,000 tonnes standard |
| Length | 146 m (479 ft) |
| Beam | 19.0 m (62.3 ft) |
| Draft | 7.3 m (24 ft) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Complement | 130 |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck |
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Sagami (AOE-421) is the only ship of her type in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 30 March 1979. She is succeeded by Towada class.