YAEYAMA (MSO-301) class

 3 YAEYAMA-class MINE COUNTERMEASURES SHIPS (MCM)

 Name          Pendant   Launched        Commissioned      Status

 YAEYAMA       MSO-   Aug. 29, 1991   March 16, 1993    Active
 TSUSHIMA      MSO-302   March 23, 1993  March 23, 1993    Active
 HACHIJOU      MSO-   Dec. 15, 1992   March 24, 1994    Active

These big, ocean-going mine warfare ships are rivaled in size only by the U.S. Navy's AVENGER class mine countermeasure ships (MCMs), from which they are said to...