title: JS Awaji
text: # JS Awaji
  
  JS Awaji (MSO-304) is the lead ship of the Awaji-class minesweeper of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
  
  ## Construction and career
  
  Awaji was laid down on 27 February 2014 and launched on 27 October 2015 by Japan Marine United Yokohama Shipyard. She was commissioned on 16 March 2017 and was incorporated It was incorporated into the 1st Mine Warfare Group and deployed to Yokosuka.
  
  From July 18 to July 30 of the same year, participated in mine warfare training and minesweeping special training in Mutsu Bay.
  
  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 on 18 March 2017
  * JS Awaji on 22 April 2017
  * JS Awaji and JS Hirado on 30 April 2018
  
  ## Citations
  
  * ↑ 海上自衛隊 新型掃海艦「あわじ」進水 深い位置の機雷除去も可能に, retrieved 31 May 2021
  * ↑ INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (27 October 2015). "海自の新型掃海艦の進水式 「あわじ」と命名 ２９年３月就役予定". 産経ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  * ↑ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201703/20170307-01.pdf
  * ↑ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201807/20180717.pdf
  