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JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENSE FORCE (JAPAN)

MARITIME SAFETY AGENCY

AKAGI patrol craft (1965)

Names

PS40 あかぎ [Akagi]

Builders

Hitachi, Kanagawa: PS40

Commissioned

3/1965: PS40

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

3/1980: PS40

 

Displacement standard, t

65

Displacement full, t

82

Length, m

24.0

Breadth, m

5.40

Draught, m

0.98

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Ikegai-Mercedes-Benz MB820Db diesels

Power, h. p.

2200

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

350(21)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90 (may be fitted)

Electronic equipment

MD808 radar

Complement

14

Project history: Rated as small patrol vessel.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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