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MUROTO large patrol ships (1950)

Muroto 1950

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
だいおう [Muroto] P201, 1957- PL03, 1970- PL01   Uraga Dock, Tokyo   5.12.1949 20.3.1950 discarded 10.1974
むろと [Daio] P202, 1957- PL02   Ishikawajima-Harima, Tokyo     15.3.1950 discarded 8.1973

 

Displacement standard, t

750

Displacement normal, t

842

Length, m

61.0

Breadth, m

9.30

Draught, m

3.13

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

1500

Max speed, kts

15.8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 7200(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

59

Project history: Japan's first postwar-built large patrol vessels.

Modernizations: Really guns and radar were installed only in 1953.

Naval service: No significant events.

Daio 1970

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