Okichidori 1950
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
トマキドリ [Tomachidori] (ex-1264-go) | PS58, 1950- PS105 | Tsurumi, Yokohama or Sakurajima, Osaka | 1940 | 12.1940 // 1949 | discarded 1963-69 | ||
ッキキドリ [Okichidori] (ex-1089-go) | PS49, 1950- PS106, 1953- MS68, 1961- ASMN72 | Tsurumi, Yokohama or Sakurajima, Osaka | 1939 | 9.1939 // 1949 | discarded 1970 |
Displacement standard, t |
|
Displacement normal, t |
189 |
Length, m |
37.5 pp 38.5 oa |
Breadth, m |
5.90 |
Draught, m |
1.93 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
800 |
Max speed, kts |
14 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 25/60 25-shiki? |
Electronic equipment | presumably SO radar |
Complement |
Project history: Former 200-ton type aircraft salvage vessels, converted after WWII to patrol craft.
Modernizations: 1953, Okichidori: + mechanical minesweeping gear
Naval service: In 1953 Okichidori was converted to minesweeper, in 1961 she was re-rated as minesweeping boat.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016