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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Japan dispatches two replacement destroyers on antipiracy mission off Somalia

Takanami class DestroyerJapan sent off two Maritime Self-Defense Forces (MSDF) destroyers Tuesday on an antipiracy mission off Somalia to replace the two operating since July.

It is the first time for the new administration under Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama as well as the third time for the Japanese government to dispatch warships on such a mission.

The 4,650-ton Takanami and 3,550-ton Hamagiri, with some 410 personnel aboard, departed early Tuesday from their base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture and will arrive at the Gulf of Aden off Somalia in early November.

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