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JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENSE FORCE (JAPAN)

MARITIME SAFETY AGENCY

ERIMO large patrol vessels (1965-1966)

Erimo 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
えりも [Erimo] PL13   Hitachi Zosen, Mukojima 3.1965 14.8.1965 30.11.1965 deleted 9.1994
さつま [Satsuma] PL14   Hitachi Zosen, Mukojima     30.7.1966 deleted 9.1995

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

1010

Length, m

76.6

Breadth, m

9.20

Draught, m

3.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Mitsui - Burmeister & Wain 635V2BU45 diesels

Power, h. p.

4800

Max speed, kts

19.8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 6200(17)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

72

Project history: Erimo was strengthened for patrol service off Northern Japan. Satsuma was assigned to guard and rescue S of Japan.

Modernizations: 1980s, old radar was replaced by JMA 1576 and JMA 1596 radars

Naval service: No significant events.

Satsuma 1977

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