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JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENSE FORCE (JAPAN)

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MIZUHO large patrol vessels (1986-1988)

Mizuho 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
みずほ [Mizuho] PLH21   Mitsubishi, Nagasaki 27.8.1984 5.6.1985 19.3.1986 in service (2019)
やしま [Yashima] PLH22   NKK, Tsurumi 3.8.1987 20.1.1988 1.12.1988 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

4960

Displacement normal, t

5300

Length, m

123.0 wl 130.0 oa

Breadth, m

15.5

Draught, m

5.25

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 IHI - SEMT-Pielstick 14PC2-5V400 diesels

Power, h. p.

18200

Max speed, kts

23

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 8500(22)

Armament

1 x 1 - 35/90 type 87, 1 x 3 - 20/76 JM-61-MB Sea Vulcan, 2 helicopters (Bell 212)

Electronic equipment 2x JMA 3000, JMA 8303 radars

Complement

130

Project history: Intended to operate 200nm to sea or farther, if necessary. Are the first Japan Coast Guard class to carry two helicopters. Have a flight deck-traversing system and two pairs of fin stabilizers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Mizuho 2005

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