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| Ship image = File:JS Awaji(MSO-304) & Hirado(MSO-305) left front view at JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base April 30, 2018.jpg

| Ship caption = [[{{JS |Awaji (|MSO-304)|JS Awaji]]6}} and [[{{JS |Hirado (|MSO-305)|JS Hirado]]6}} on 29 November 2013

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| Class before = [[{{sclass|Yaeyama-class |minesweeper|''Yaeyama'' class]]4}}

| Class after = ''N/A''

| Name = ''Awaji''

| Builders = [[Japan Marine United|JMU]], [[Yokohama]]

| Total ships planned = 4

| Built range = 2014-20192014–2019

| Total ships on order = 1

| Total ships completed = 3

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| Ship propulsion = *2 × [[Diesel–electric transmission|diesel electric engine]]s

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| Ship armament = 1 × single [[Remote Firing System|JM61R-MS 20mm20 gunmm guns]]s

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The '''''Awaji'' class''' is a class of [[minesweeper]]s of the [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/j/yosan/yosan_gaiyo/2013/yosan.pdf |title=Archived我が国の防衛と予算 copy|trans-title=Defense Programs and Budget of Japan |publisher=Ministry of Defense |language=ja |access-date=31 May 2021 |archive-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219235642/https://www.mod.go.jp/j/yosan/yosan_gaiyo/2013/yosan.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Development ==

The ''Awaji'' class is the successor to the [[{{sclass|Yaeyama-class |minesweeper|''Yaeyama''4}}. classThe minesweeper]],hulls andare isconstructed theof [[Fibre-reinforced plastic|fiber -reinforced plastic]] (FRP) shipalong thatthe followslines of the [[{{sclass|Enoshima-class |minesweeper|''Enoshima'' class]] among the vessels of the Maritime Self-Defense Force4}}. Since many mines[[naval mine]]s are of the magnetic type, it was necessary to avoid the use of metal in the hull of minesweepers that dispose of minesthat type, and previously, most of them were madeconstructed of wood. By making the ''Awaji'' class FRP, the standard displacement is reduced by 30% and the life of the hull is extended, although it has almost the same dimensions as the previous wooden ''Yaeyama'' class. In the image diagram of the budget request for the 2013 government budget, stealth was improved, but in the budget request for the following 2014, the ''Enoshima'' class was enlarged.

It is one of the largest FRP ships in the world. [[Japan Marine United]] (JMU), which possesses the construction technology and equipment for large FRP vessels, handed over the third ship [[{{JS |Etajima (|MSO-306)|Etajima]]2}} to the Maritime Self-Defense Force on March 16, March 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=最新鋭掃海艦「えたじま」が就役――海自最大のFRP船（高橋浩祐） - Yahoo!ニュース|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/takahashikosuke/20210316-00227619/|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Yahoo!ニュース 個人|language=ja}}</ref> The [[Ministry of Defense (Japan)|Ministry of Defense]] and the Maritime Self-Defense Force budgeted 12.6 billion yen for the construction of the 4thfourth ''Awaji''-class ship following ''Etajima'' in the 2020 budget.

== Ships in the class ==

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|MSO-304

|''[[{{JS |Awaji (|MSO-304)|Awaji]]''2}}

| rowspan="3" |[[Japan Marine United]], [[Yokohama]]

|27 February 2014

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|MSO-305

|[[{{JS |Hirado (|MSO-305)|''Hirado'']]2}}

|10 April 2015

|10 February 2017

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|MSO-306

|[[{{JS |Etajima (|MSO-306)|''Etajima'']]2}}

|22 February 2018

|12 December 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=掃海艦の命名ならびに進水式について～国内最大のＦＲＰ製掃海艦の進水式～｜2019年度｜プレスリリース｜ジャパン マリンユナイテッド株式会社|url=https://www.jmuc.co.jp/press/2019/29MSO%20Naming.html|access-date=2021-05-31|website=www.jmuc.co.jp}}</ref>

|16 March 2021<ref>{{cite press release| url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202103/20210312-03.pdf {{Bare|title=掃海艦「えたじま」の引渡式・自衛艦旗授与式について URL|language=ja PDF|publisher=Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |access-date=March15 February 20222023}}</ref>

|Kure

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|MSO-307

| colspan="3" |TBC

|Expected, 2022

|Expected, 2024

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== Citations ==

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