title: JS Hirado
text: # JS Hirado
  
  JS Hirado (MSO-305) is the second ship of the Awaji-class minesweepers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
  
  ## Construction and career
  
  Awaji was laid down on 10 April 2015 and launched on 10 February 2017 by Japan Marine United Yokohama Shipyard. She was commissioned on 16 March 2018 and was incorporated It was incorporated into the 1st Mine Warfare Group and deployed to Yokosuka.
  
  From July 18 to July 30, 2018, she conducted a mine warfare training and a Japan-US-India joint minesweeping special training in Mutsu Bay.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * JS Awaji and JS Awaji on 30 April 2018
  * JS Hirado underway on 16 September 2019
  
  ## Citations
  
  * ↑ "海自、掃海艦「ひらど」進水＝１８年３月就役予定：時事ドットコム". Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  * ↑ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201803/20180306-01.pdf
  * ↑ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201807/20180717.pdf
  