Katanpää 1955
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Katanpää (ex-BYMS2049, ex-BYMS49) | 1 | Gibbs Gas Engine, Jackson, USA | 5.1942 | 1.9.1942 | 4.1943 // 1948 | BU 1960 | |
Purunpää (ex-BYMS2032, ex-BYMS32) | 2 | American Car & Foundry, Wilmington, USA | 5.1942 | 29.10.1942 | 4.1943 // 1948 | BU 1959 | |
Vahterpää (ex-BYMS2044, ex-BYMS44) | 3 | Gibbs Gas Engine, Jackson, USA | 4.1942 | 19.6.1942 | 12.1942 // 1948 | BU 1958 | |
Tammenpää (ex-BYMS2047, ex-BYMS47) | 4 | Gibbs Gas Engine, Jackson, USA | 4.1942 | 9.8.1942 | 2.1943 // 1948 | BU 1960 |
Displacement standard, t |
207 |
Displacement full, t |
circa 250 |
Length, m |
41.5 |
Breadth, m |
7.47 |
Draught, m |
2.36 deep load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
800 |
Max speed, kts |
15 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear |
Electronic equipment | SO radar |
Complement |
60 |
Project history: Former British US-built YMS class coastal minesweepers.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016