Shirase
AGB-5003
2009
(Albatros ALK-456)
- Class: Shirase 1 icebreaker of 2006
- Displacement: 20,000 tons
- Dimensions: 452'9" x 91'10" x 30'2"
- Machinery: diesel-electric, twin shafts, 22,000 kW = 19.5 knots
- Aircraft: 3 helicopters
- Complement: 175 plus 80 passengers
- Builder: Nippon Kokan, Tsurumi
- Keel Laid: 15 Mar 2007
- Launched: 15 Apr 2008
- Commissioned: 20 May 2009
- Notes: Named for the Shirase Glacier, which in turn is named for Lt. Nobu Shirase, who led the first Japanese Anatarctic expedition in 1912. Assigned to the Yokosuka District Fleet.
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