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TSUKUBA patrol craft (1962)

Names

PS31 つくば [Tsukuba]

Builders

Hitachi, Kanagawa: PS31

Commissioned

3/1962: PS31

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

2/1982: PS31

 

Displacement standard, t

63

Displacement full, t

95

Length, m

24.5

Breadth, m

6.50

Draught, m

1.18

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Niigata diesels

Power, h. p.

1800

Max speed, kts

17.3

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

230(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90 (may be fitted)

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

19

Project history: Rated as small patrol vessel.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Tsukuba 1974

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