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JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENSE FORCE (JAPAN)

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KAMOME submarine chasers (1957)

Kamome 1960

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
かり [Kari] PC301   Fujinagata, Osaka 1.1956 26.9.1956 2/1957 discarded 3.1977
きじ [Kiji] PC302   Iino, Maizuru 12.1955 11.9.1956 1/1957 discarded 3.1977
たか [Taka] PC303   Fujinagata, Osaka 1.1956 17.11.1956 3/1957 discarded 3.1977
わし [Washi] PC304   Iino, Maizuru 12.1955 12.11.1956 3/1957 discarded 3.1977
かもめ [Kamome] PC305   Uraga, Yokosuka 1.1956 3.9.1956 1/1957 discarded 3.1977
つばめ [Tsubame] PC306   Kure Jukogyo, Kure 3.1956 10.10.1956 1/1957 discarded 5.1977
みさご [Misago] PC307   Uraga, Yokosuka 1.1956 1.11.1956 2/1957 discarded 12.1977

 

Displacement standard, t

PC301-304: 310

PC305-307: 330

Displacement full, t

PC301-304: 340

PC305-307: 360

Length, m

PC301-304: 56.0

PC305-307: 54.0

Breadth, m

PC301-304: 6.50

PC305-307: 6.60

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

PC301-304: 2 Kawasaki - MAN V8V22/30 diesels

PC305-307: 2 Mitsui - Burmeister & Wain 635VBU-45 diesels

Power, h. p.

4000

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

PC301-304: 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR

PC305-307: 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

SPS-5B radar, SQS-11A sonar

Complement

70

 

Project history: Authorized under the 1954 programme. In effect they were updated versions of the wartime US concept.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Misago 1970

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