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JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENSE FORCE (JAPAN)

MARITIME SAFETY AGENCY

AKIZUKI patrol craft (1974-1983)

Names

PC64 あきづき [Akizuki]

PC65 しののめ [Shinonome]

PC72 うらゆき[Urayuki]

PC73 いせゆき [Iseyuki]

PC75 はたぐも [Hatagumo]

PC76 まきぐも [Makigumo]

PC77 はまづき [Hamazuki]

PC78 いそづき [Isozuki]

PC79 しまなみ [Shimanami]

PC80 ゆうづき [Yuzuki]

PC81 はなゆき [Hanayuki], later- たまなみ [Tamanami]

PC82 あわぎり [Awagiri]

Builders

Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki: PC64, 65, 72, 73, 75-82

Commissioned

1974: PC64, 65

1975: PC72, 73

1976: PC75-77

1977: PC78, 79

1979: PC80

1981: PC81

1983: PC82

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1996: PC64, 65

2001: PC73

2012: PC75

2014: PC72, 76-80

2017: PC81, 82

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

77

Length, m

23.0 pp 26.0 oa

Breadth, m

6.30

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Mitsubishi 12DM 20MTK diesels

Power, h. p.

3000

Max speed, kts

22

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

290(21)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

FRA 10 Mk 2 radar

Complement

10

Project history: Aluminium hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Awagiri 2008

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