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JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENSE FORCE (JAPAN)

MARITIME SAFETY AGENCY

IZU large patrol vessels (1967-1969)

Izu 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
いず [Izu] PL31   Hitachi Zosen, Mukojima 8.1966 1/1967 31.7.1967 deleted 8.1997
みうら [Miura] PL32   Hitachi Zosen, Maizuru 5.1968 11/1968 15.3.1969 deleted 9.1998

 

Displacement standard, t

1793

Displacement normal, t

2081

Length, m

95.5 oa 86.5 pp

Breadth, m

11.6

Draught, m

3.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 SEMT-Pielstick 12PC2V diesels

Power, h. p.

12000

Max speed, kts

24.6

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 14500(12.7)

Armament

none

Electronic equipment nav. radar, meteorological radar

Complement

72

Project history: Originally long-range weather ships equipped with weather observation radar. Strengthened against ice.

Modernizations: 1977, both: + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3

1978, both: - meteorological radar

Naval service: No significant events.

Izu 1978

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