JS Natori

Launch ceremony of the Natori
History
Japan
NameNatori
NamesakeNatori River
BuilderMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
CostApproximately 54.1 billion yen
Laid down6 July 2023
Launched24 June 2024
CommissionedDecember 2025 (scheduled)
IdentificationPennant number: FFM-9
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
Speedmore than 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
2 × RHIB, UUV, USV
Crewaround 90
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

Natori (なとり) is a frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), and the ninth ship of the Mogami class. She is named after the Natori River, which flows through the cities of Natori and Sendai in the Miyagi Prefecture, and the second ship to be named this way, after the Imperial Japanese Navy's Nagara-class cruiser Natori, as well as the first in the JMSDF era.