On January 3, 2024, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force dispatched the transport ship "Osumi" to the disaster-stricken area in Ishikawa Prefecture. They loaded members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and large vehicles at the Kitasui Pier in Kitasui, Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture, and headed to the site.

Members loading vehicles onto the transport ship "Osumi" (January 3rd, Kitasui, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Kitasui, Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture)

At around 6:30 p.m., the Osumi (178 meters long), whose home port is Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, docked, and it took about two hours to load a total of 24 vehicles, including excavators and trucks, with about 60 members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Okubo Garrison. was on board.

She is scheduled to arrive in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the early hours of January 4th and work on road restoration work.