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JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENSE FORCE (JAPAN)

MARITIME SAFETY AGENCY

MATSUNAMI patrol craft (1971)

Names

PC53 まつなみ [Matsunami]

Builders

Hitachi, Kanagawa: PC53

Commissioned

1971: PC53

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1995: PC53

 

Displacement standard, t

59

Displacement full, t

84

Length, m

25.0

Breadth, m

6.00

Draught, m

1.33

No of shafts

3 (2 for boost engines and 1 for cruising engines)

Machinery

CODOD: 2 Ikegai-Benz MB820Db diesels / 2 DA640 cruise diesels

Power, h. p.

2200 / 180

Max speed, kts

20.7

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

270(18)

Armament

none

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

30

Project history: Especially configured for emperor for oceanographic research.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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