JS Agano
Mogami-class frigate
Agano (あがの) is a frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the sixth ship of the Mogami class. Her namesake comes from the Agano River, which flows through Fukushima and Niigata Prefectures and into the Sea of Japan.
She is the second ship to be named after the Agano River, after the name ship of the Agano-class cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, but she is the first JMSDF ship to be named so.
01History
Agano was ordered in the fiscal year 2020, based on the Mid-Term Defense Program, with her keel being laid down at the Nagasaki Shipyard of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on the 24 June 2021, and launched on the 21 December 2022 after being christened. After being fitted out and underwent sea trials, Agano was commissioned on 20 June 2024, assigned to the Fleet Escort Force 14th Escort Division of Maizuru.
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- Commissioning Ceremony for JS Agano (FFM-6).jpg by https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/index.html 海上自衛隊, CC BY 4.0
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