JDS Sōya (MMC-951) was an minelayer of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the early 1970s.

In addition, the CIC is arranged with an internal partition for individual ships and for the command center.

[3] In addition, she has a supply facility to support minesweepers, and a break-action 5-ton crane for relocation is installed just before the helicopter deck.

In addition, as anti-submarine weapons, the SQS-11A search sonar and the 68-type triple torpedo launcher are equipped on both sides of the central deck.

Sōya was laid down on 9 July 1970 and launched on 31 March 1971 by Hitachi Zosen Corporation Maizuru Shipyard.