nearly sister-ship Tsugaru 2000
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| えちご [Echigo] | PLH08 | Mitsui, Tamano | 29.3.1988 | 4.7.1989 | 28.2.1990 | in service (2019) | |
| りゅうきゅう [Ryukyu] | PLH09 | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | 24.6.1998 | 10.9.1999 | 31.3.2000 | in service (2019) | |
| だいせん [Daisen] | PLH10 | NKK, Tsurumi | 8.3.1999 | 27.4.2001 | 1.10.2001 | in service (2019) |
|
Displacement standard, t |
3100 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
3900 |
|
Length, m |
100.0 wl 105.0 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
15.0 |
|
Draught, m |
4.85 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 Nippon Kokan-Pielstick 12PC2-6 V400 diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
17950 |
|
Max speed, kts |
22 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 5700(18) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 35/90 type 87, 1 x 3 - 20/76 JM-61-MB Sea Vulcan, 1 helicopter (Bell 212) |
| Electronic equipment | JMA 1596, JMA1576, helicopter control radars |
|
Complement |
71 |
Project history: Intended to operate 100nm or more out to sea. Design is a modernized version of the preceding Tsugaru class, with somewhat finer hull lines and a bulbous forefoot to the bow.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Daisen 2003
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