JDS Ōsumi (LST-4001)
Encyclopedia
Ōsumi is a Ōsumi class LST
of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
(JMSDF).
The ship was built by Mitsui, Tamano and commissioned into service on 11 March 1988.
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Osumi class LST
The Ōsumi class LST , is a Japanese amphibious transport dock. While the JMSDF describes the Ōsumi class as tank landing ships, they lack the bow doors and beaching capability traditionally associated with LSTs...
of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
The , or JMSDF, is the naval branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. It was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy after World War II....
(JMSDF).
The ship was built by Mitsui, Tamano and commissioned into service on 11 March 1988.
Service
This ship delivered supplies to the disaster area after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...
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