Japanese icebreaker Shirase (AGB-5003)

Japanese icebreaker Shirase (AGB-5003) equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.

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  1Reported holdingsJapanese icebreaker Shirase (AGB-5003) · reported variants · Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force shipsEstimate · Period November 2025 IISS assessment · Single source

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  Maritime Self-Defense Force exact named Shirase (capacity 2 AW101 Merlin hel) equipment holdings under LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT, AGBH. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. This is the named service only, not a national or parent-force total, factory production, ordered future units or combat-readiness measure. Weapons per vessel, crews, payloads and capacity counts are excluded. The exact current AGB5003 individual is bound. The earlier AGB5002 Shirase decommissioned2008 is expressly separate and is not counted.

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  1ActiveJapanese icebreaker Shirase (AGB-5003) · reported variants · Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force shipsEstimate · Period Source snapshot 2026-10-02 · inventory date unstated · Wikipedia list · original not yet checked

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  Reported count for Shirase- class (2008). Service scope: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: unstated. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.

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