JS Agano

Agano leaving MHI Nagasaki shipyard after commissioning
History
Japan
NameAgano
NamesakeAgano River
Ordered2020
BuilderMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down24 June 2021
Launched21 December 2022
Commissioned20 June 2024
Home portMaizuru
IdentificationPennant number: FFM-6
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class & typeMogami-class frigate
Displacement
  • 3,900 tons standard
  • 5,500 tons full load
Length133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam16.3 m (53 ft 6 in)
Draft9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
2 × RHIB, UUV, USV
Crew90-100
Sensors &
processing systems
  • OPY-2 (X-band multi-purpose AESA radar)
  • OAX-3(EO/IR)
  • OQQ-25 (VDS + TASS)
  • OQQ-11 (Mine-hunting sonar)
  • OYQ-1 (Combat management system)
  • OYX-1-29 (Console display system)
Electronic warfare
& decoys
NOLQ-3E (Passive radar system + Electronic attack capability is integrated into the main radar antenna), Chaff dispenser
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-60L helicopter

Agano (あがの) is a frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the sixth ship of the Mogami class. Her namesake comes from the Agano River, which flows through Fukushima and Niigata Prefectures and into the Sea of Japan.

She is the second ship to be named after the Agano River, after the name ship of the Agano-class cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, but she is the first JMSDF ship to be named so.