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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.




History


Agano was ordered in the fiscal year 2020, based on the Mid-Term Defense Program, with her keel being laid down at the Nagasaki Shipyard of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on the 24 June 2021, and launched on the 21 December 2022 after being christened. After being fitted out and underwent sea trials, Agano was commissioned on 20 June 2024, assigned to the Fleet Escort Force 14th Escort Division of Maizuru.




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"海上自衛隊・海上保安庁 艦船の動向 令和5年度を顧みて" [Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Japan Coast Guard Ship Trends: Looking Back at FY2023], Ships of the World (in Japanese), no. 1021, Kaijinsha, p. 143, 2024




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• Fregat kelas Mogami
• JS Agano
• Mogami-class frigate
• List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships
• JS Yahagi
• List of destroyers of Japan
• Japanese ship Noshiro
• Japanese ship Yahagi
• Seibu Ikebukuro Line
• Japanese cruiser Sakawa
• Ikebukuro Station