JS Natori
Mogami-class frigate
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Natori (なとり) is a frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF),[5] and the ninth ship of the Mogami class.[2][1][3] She is named after the Natori River, which flows through the cities of Natori and Sendai in the Miyagi Prefecture,[5][1] and the second ship to be named this way, after the Imperial Japanese Navy's Nagara-class cruiser Natori,[1] as well as the first in the JMSDF era.[5]
Launch ceremony of the Natori | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Japan | |
| Name | Natori |
| Namesake | Natori River |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki |
| Cost | Approximately 54.1 billion yen[1] |
| Laid down | 6 July 2023 |
| Launched | 24 June 2024[2][1] |
| Commissioned | 21 May 2026[3][4] |
| Home port | Ōminato |
| Identification | Pennant number: FFM-9[1] |
| Status | In service[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Mogami-class frigate |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 132.5 m (434 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 16.3 m (53 ft 6 in)[1] |
| Draft | 9 m (29 ft 6 in)[1] |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | more than 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)[1] |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × RHIB, UUV,[1] USV[1] |
| Crew | around 90[1] |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | NOLQ-3E (Passive radar system + Electronic attack capability is integrated into the main radar antenna), Chaff dispenser |
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History
Natori was ordered in March 2023[1] 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,[2][1] and was commissioned on 21 May 2026 after a period of fitting out and subsequent sea trials.[6][4]
