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JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENSE FORCE (JAPAN)

MARITIME SAFETY AGENCY

AKAGI small patrol vessels (1980-1988)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
あかぎ [Akagi] PS101   Sumidagawa, Tokyo 31.7.1979 5.12.1979 26.3.1980 deleted 2.2009
つくば [Tsukuba] PS102   Sumidagawa, Tokyo 7.7.1981 29.10.1981 24.2.1982 deleted 2.2009
こんごう [Kongo] PS103   Ishihara DY, Takasago 1.8.1986 17.12.1986 16.3.1987 deleted 6.2012
かつらぎ [Katsuragi] PS104   Yokohama Yacht 14.10.1987 21.1.1988 24.3.1988 deleted 4.2011
ひろみね [Hiromine], 2004- びざん [Bizan] PS105   Ishihara DY, Takasago   8.1.1988 24.3.1988 deleted 4.2011
しづき [Shizuki] PS106   Sumidagawa, Tokyo 26.10.1987 21.12.1987 24.3.1988 deleted 2.2012
たかちほ [Takachiho] PS107   Sumidagawa, Tokyo 26.10.1987 23.12.1987 24.3.1988 deleted 8.2011

 

Displacement standard, t

134

Displacement normal, t

189

Length, m

33.0 wl 35.0 oa

Breadth, m

6.30

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

101-105: 2 Fuji-Pielstick 16PA4 V185VG diesels

106, 107: 2 Ikegai-MTU 16V652 TB81 diesels

Power, h. p.

101-105: 4800

106, 107: 4400

Max speed, kts

101-105: 26.5

106, 107: 27

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

570(20)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

12

Project history: Carried a 25-man rubber rescue dinghy. The machinegun can be interchanged with a firefighting water cannon. PS 104 and PS 105 were optimized for service on Japan’s Inland Sea and had longer superstructures and an enlarged pilothouse. First five had glass-reinforced plastic hulls and 4-day endurance; PS 106 and PS 107 had a 4.0m-molded-depth, aluminum alloy hull of deep-vee form.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Hiromine 2003

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