title: JS Hamana
text: # JS Hamana
  
  JS Hamana (AOE-424) is the third ship of the Towada-class replenishment ships of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 29 March 1990.
  
  ## Construction and career
  
  She is laid down on 8 July 1988 and launched on 18 May 1989. Commissioned on 29 March 1990 with the hull number AOE-424.
  
  On 19 February 2021, USS Curtis Wilbur and French frigate Prairial conducted a replenishment with JS Hamana.
  
  On 21 May 2022, the Hamana, the JS Makinami (DD-112), and the JS Asahi (DD-119) sighted the PLAN Liaoning carrier strike group going towards Miyako-jima.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * USS Antietam coming alongside JS Hamana for refueling 18 December 2001.
  * USS Antietam coming alongside JS Hamana for refueling 18 December 2001.
  * USS Antietam refueling with JS Hamana on 18 December 2001.
  * USS Tortuga pulls alongside JS Hamana for refueling on 2 November 2011.
  * JS Ariake and USS McCampbell refueling alongside JS Hamana on 13 November 2012.
  