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TAKATORI medium patrol vessels (1978-1979)

Bihoro 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
たかとり [Takatori] PM89   Naikai, Taguma   8.12.1977 24.3.1978 deleted 10.2016
くまの [Kumano] PM94   Naikai, Taguma   2.11.1978 23.2.1979 deleted 2.2017

 

Displacement standard, t

477

Displacement normal, t

631

Length, m

44.3 pp 46.5 oa

Breadth, m

9.20

Draught, m

3.88

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Niigata 6M31EX diesels

Power, h. p.

3000

Max speed, kts

15.7

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

750(15)

Armament

none

Electronic equipment

JMA 1596, JMA 1576 radars

Complement

34

Project history: Rescue tug types equipped for firefighting, salvage, and pollution control. Two firefighting water cannon (3t/min each) are fitted. Carry an 8m rescue boat and a 4.6m speedboat and can lay an oil-spill containment boom.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Takatori 2008

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