Natori (なとり) is a frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force,[1] 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,[2][better source needed][1] 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.[1]
 Launch ceremony of the Natori | |
| History | |
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 Japan | |
| Name | Natori |
| Namesake | Natori River |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki |
| Cost | Approximately 46 to 47 billion yen |
| Laid down | 6 July 2023 |
| Launched | 24 June 2024 |
| Commissioned | December 2025 |
| Identification | Pennant number: FFM-9 |
| Status | Fitting out |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Mogami-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 132.5 m (434 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 16.3 m (53 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 9 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × RHIB, UUV, USV |
| Crew | 90-100 |
| Sensors and processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | NOLQ-3E (Passive radar system Electronic attack capability is integrated into the main radar antenna), Chaff dispenser |
| Armament |
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History
editNatori was ordered by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as part of the JMSDF's Mid-Term Defense Program, and was laid down at the MHI Nagasaki Shipyard on 6 July 2023. She was christened and launched on 24 June 2024, and is scheduled to be commissioned in 2025 after a period of fitting out and subsequent sea trials.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "いま何番艦？ 最新護衛艦「なとり」進水 海上自衛隊では初の名前 由来は東北・宮城県" [What ship is it now? Newest destroyer "Natori" launched, the first of its kind in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, named after Miyagi Prefecture in Tohoku]. 乗りものニュース (in Japanese). メディア・ヴァーグ. 2024-06-24. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ 防衛省 海上自衛隊 [@JMSDF_PAO] (2024-06-24). "本日、三菱重工株式会社 長崎造船所において、もがみ型護衛艦９番艦の命名式・進水式が行われ「なとり」 と命名されました。" [Today, a naming and launching ceremony for the ninth Mogami-class destroyer was held at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.'s Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, and the ship was named "Natori."] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-06-24 – via Twitter.
- ^ Takahashi, Kosuke (2024-06-24). "海上自衛隊の最新鋭もがみ型護衛艦9番艦「なとり」進水 艦名は宮城県の名取川に由来" [The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's latest Mogami-class destroyer, the ninth, "Natori," is launched. The ship's name comes from the Natori River in Miyagi Prefecture.]. Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-06-24.
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