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wo Japanese training warships have paid a port visit to Surabaya as part of its journey around the region as well as to conduct logistics replenishment at Tanjung Perak Port’s North Jamrud Pier.
Commander of the Navy’s Main Naval Base (Lantamal) V, Cdre. Yoos Suryono Hadi, welcomed on Monday both warships, JS Kashima (TV 3508) and JS Setoyuki (TV 3518), which are part of a Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) task group commanded by Rear Adm. Ishimaki Yoshiyasu.
“The diplomacy mission [carried out by the task force] is expected to increase the cooperation between navies of both countries which is already good,” Yoos said when welcoming the task force, as quoted by an Indonesian Navy press release received by The Jakarta Post Tuesday.
Similar comments were expressed by Heru Santoso, chairman of the Warga Persahabatan (Friendship Citizen) Foundation, an organization that groups Indonesians of Japanese descent.
Heru expected the visit would increase friendship between both countries.
“We hope ties in economic, cultural and human resource exchange will keep increasing in the future,” he said in the statement.
During the welcome ceremony, the Japanese side handed over two flower wreaths from JMSDF's training squadron and submarine force to pay respect to the 54 people who perished when KRI Nanggala-402 sunk during a exercise in the Bali Sea.
The wreaths were handed over by Japanese Defense Attaché Navy Capt. Hidenori Mizuno to Yoos representing the Indonesian Navy.
The task force leaves Surabaya on Wednesday.
JS Kashima is a dedicated training ship that was designed from the beginning for this mission. It was commissioned in 1995.
Known as the Kashima-class cadet training ship, it has a length of 143 meters, a beam of 18 meters and a draft of 4.6 meters with a full load displacement of 4,050 tons.
The training ship has two diesel engines and two gas turbines in the combined diesel or gas (CODOG) configuration as its propulsion system for a top speed of 25 knots (46 kilometers per hour).
Kashima comes with one Otobreda 76-millimeter gun and two triple 324-mm torpedo launchers as well as four saluting cannons.
There are rooms for 370 personnel including officer cadets.
JS Setoyuki TV 3518 was initially a destroyer when it was commissioned in December 1986. It was transferred to the training squadron in March 2012.
Having a total hull displacement of 4,000 tons, Setoyuki is 130 meters long with a beam of 13.6 meters and a draft of 4.4 meters.
The ship has two sets of two gas turbines in the combined gas or gas (COGOG) configuration as its propulsion system allowing a top speed of 30 knots.
Setoyuki is armed with one Oto Melara 76-mm gun, two 20-mm Phalanx close in weapon systems (CIWS), two Harpoon antiship missile quad canisters, one Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft octuple launcher and two triple 324-mm torpedo launchers. (nvn)
