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Home» News»Japanese Shipyard Launches First Yard Oiler Tanker for JMSDF
Japanese Shipyard Launches First Yard Oiler Tanker for JMSDF
The 4,900 tons "YOT-01" is one of two vessels ordered last year by the Japanese Ministry of Defense. Picture by local ship spotter @crazyquail_BT

Japanese Shipyard Launches First Yard Oiler Tanker for JMSDF

Shin Kurushima Hashihama Dockyard, located in Hashihama, Imabari city, Ehime prefecture today launched the first of two Yard Oiler Tankers for the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF).

Xavier Vavasseur 20 Oct 2021

The 4,900 tons “YOT-01” is one of two vessels ordered last year by the Japanese Ministry of Defense.

According to Naval News Japan based contributor Yoshihiro Inaba, these ships will be used to transport fuel to front-line bases in Okinawa and the Nansei Islands, or to fuel anchored JMSDF vessels. As such, the tanker doesn’t have “fueling stations” and can not perform “UNREP” (underway replenishment) missions. The order is part of a contingency plan:

Currently, the JMSDF rely on civilian ships to transport fuel to these areas, but in case of war, the JMSDF could be denied transportation by these civilian contractors. Therefore, JMSDF will be able to transport the fuel on its own thanks to these new YOT vessels.



Yoshihiro Inaba, Japan based military writer

Founded in 1902 under the name of Habohama Docks, which became Kurushima in 1949 then Shin Kurushima in 1980 (Shin means “new”), the company is headquartered in Tokyo and is composed today of several yards located in Akasaka, Ujina (Honshū), Fukuoka (Kyūshū), Ōnishi and Imabari (Shikoku). Shin Kurushima specializes in small displacement transport vessels mainly for short range transit in the Japanese archipelago and its surroundings.

10月20日、海上自衛隊は株式会社新来島波止浜どっくにおいて平成31年度計画 油槽船「YOT-01」の進水式を行いました。
この油槽船は、来春就役予定であり、製油所から海自拠点への燃料輸送の役割などを担います。
海自が油槽船を保有するのは初となります。#油槽船 #進水 #デビュー pic.twitter.com/Sx1lcJek9D

— 防衛省 海上自衛隊 (@JMSDF_PAO) October 20, 2021

This oil tanker is scheduled to be commissioned next spring and will be responsible for transporting fuel from the refinery to the JMSDF base. This is the first time that the JMSDF owns an oil tanker.



JMSDF statement on Twitter

Local ships potter @crazyquail_BT was at the launch ceremony:

曳航中のYOT01を波止浜港の岸壁から眺める。一応設計に防衛装備庁が噛んでるようなので、海自運用船らしい部分が何処かにあるのだろうが、そもそも内航タンカーの仕様すら素人の我には見た目の差異はさっぱりわからない・・・😂#海上自衛隊 #油槽船 #週間安全保障 pic.twitter.com/FjsLGYVGWg

— B.T@くれーじーくえいるヒ窓口 (@crazyquail_BT) October 20, 2021
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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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