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TSUGARU large patrol vessels (1979-1984)

Tsugaru 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
つがる [Tsugaru] PL02, 12.1985- PLH02   Ishikawajima, Harima 18.4.1978 6.12.1978 17.4.1979 in service (2019)
おおすみ [Osumi] PL03, 12.1985- PLH03   Mitsui, Tamano 1.9.1978 1.6.1979 18.10.1979 in service (2019)
うらが [Uraga], 3.1997- はやと [Hayato], 6.2014- うるま [Uruma] PL04, 12.1985- PLH04   Hitachi, Maizuru 14.3.1979 12.10.1979 5.3.1980 in service (2019)
ざおう [Zao] PL05, 12.1985- PLH05   Mitsubishi, Nagasaki 23.10.1980 29.10.1981 19.3.1983 in service (2019)
ちくぜん [Chikuzen], 10.2013- おきなわ [Okinawa] PL06, 12.1985- PLH06   Kawasaki, Kobe 20.4.1982 18.3.1983 28.9.1983 in service (2019)
せっつ [Settsu] PL07, 12.1985- PLH07   Sumitomo, Uraga 5.4.1983 21.4.1984 27.9.1984 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

3730

Displacement normal, t

4037

Length, m

100.0 wl 105.4 oa

Breadth, m

14.6

Draught, m

4.90

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Nippon Kokan-Pielstick 12PC2-5 V400 diesels

Power, h. p.

15600

Max speed, kts

22

Fuel, t

diesel oil 864

Endurance, nm(kts) 5700(18)

Armament

02: 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 helicopter (Bell 212)

03: 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 helicopter (Bell 212)

04: 1 x 1 - 35/90 type 87, 1 helicopter (Bell 212)

05-07: 1 x 1 - 35/90 type 87, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 helicopter (Bell 212)

Electronic equipment JMA 1596, JMA1576, helicopter control radars

Complement

71

Project history: Intended to operate 100nm or more to sea. Have two pairs of fin stabilizers and FLUME-type passive stabilization tanks in the superstructure. The engines were manufactured by different builders.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Zao 2009

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