JS Hamana (AOE-424) is the third ship of the Towada-class replenishment ships of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.

[1][2] She is laid down on 8 July 1988 and launched on 18 May 1989.

Commissioned on 29 March 1990 with the hull number AOE-424.

On 19 February 2021, USS Curtis Wilbur and French frigate Prairial conducted a replenishment with JS Hamana.

[3][4] On 21 May 2022, the Hamana, the JS Makinami (DD-112), and the JS Asahi (DD-119) sighted the PLAN Liaoning carrier strike group going towards Miyako-jima.