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SOYOKAZE patrol craft (1949)   

Names

CL01, 1954- CL03 そよかぜ  [Soyokaze]

CL02, 1954- CL05 おきかぜ [Okikaze]

CL03, 1954- CL08 うみかぜ [Umikaze]

CL04, 1954- CL11 かわかぜ [Kawakaze]

CL05, 1954- CL06 やまかぜ [Yamakaze]

CL06, 1954- CL07 みねかぜ [Minekaze]

CL07, 1954- CL09 のかぜ  [Nokaze]

CL08, 1954- CL12 たにかぜ [Tanikaze]

CL09, 1954- CL04 さわかぜ  [Sawakaze]

CL10 ぬまかぜ [Numakaze]

CL11, 1954- CL13 はつかぜ [Hatsukaze]

Builders

Toropikaru Tokushu Zosen: CL01-04, 11

Yokohama Yotto: CL05-08

Sumidagawa no Zosen: CL09, 10

Commissioned

7-11/1949: CL1-11

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1971: CL08

1972: CL03, 07, 10

1973: CL06, 13

1974: CL04, 09, 11, 12

1975: CL05

 

Displacement standard, t

16

Displacement full, t

22

Length, m

15.0

Breadth, m

4.20

Draught, m

0.63

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Gray Marine diesels

Power, h. p.

330

Max speed, kts

15.8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

300(13)

Armament

none

Electronic equipment

none

Complement

6

Project history: Small patrol launches.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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