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JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENCE FORCE (JAPAN)

COASTAL FORCES

"18ton" type motor launches (1-GO) (1943-1945/1958)

Names

PB901-907 1-7 [1-go - 7-go]

PB911-918 11-18[11-go - 18-go]

Builders

USA: PB901-907, 911-918

Commissioned

1943-1945 // 1958: PB901-907, 911-918

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1971: PB902, 903, 905-907

1972: PB904, 911, 913-916, 918

1973: PB901, 912, 917

Displacement standard, t

18

Displacement full, t

20

Length, m

14.0

Breadth, m

4.20

Draught, m

0.90

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 64HN9 diesels

Power, h. p.

450

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 2 - 12.7/90 or 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 DCR(4)

Electronic equipment

none

Complement

6

Project history: US 45ft patrol boats (designed as SAR boats), transferred under MDAP un 1958.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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