Photo Album - Ōsumi LST-4001 ~ Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

General characteristics

Country: Japan
Function: Amphibious transport dock
Builder: Mitsui, Tamano
Year Release: 1996
Class: 'Ōsumi'
Standard Displacement: 8.900t
Maximum Displacement: 13,000t
Length: 178m
Beam: 25.8m
Draught: 17m
Complement: 137 men
Maximum Speed: 22 knots
Propulsion:
- 2× Mitsui 16V42M-A Diesel, 26,000 bhp (19,000 kW)
- 2 shafts

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Weapons/Equipment

- 2 x Phalanx CIWS 20 mm
- 2 × M2 Browning machine gun
Sensors
- OPS-14C Air Survey Radar
- OPS-28D Surface Survey Radar
- OPS-20 Navigation Radar
- TACAN

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Ships in the class

• LST-4001 'Ōsumi'
• LST-4002 'Shimokita'
• LST-4003 'Kunisaki'