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Takahashi, Kosuke (12 March 2025). "最新の掃海艦「のうみ」就役 配備先は呉基地 海自より長い歴史を持つ日本の掃海部隊(動画付き)" [The latest minesweeper "Noumi" is commissioned and deployed to the Kure base. Japan's minesweeping unit has a longer history than the MSDF (video included)]. Yahoo! News Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 April 2025.