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JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENCE FORCE (JAPAN)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

MIURA tank landing ships (1975 - 1977)

Miura 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
みうら [Miura] LST4151   IHI, Tokyo 26.11.1973 13.8.1974 25.1.1975 stricken 4.2000
おじか [Ojika] LST4152   IHI, Tokyo 10.6.1974 4.9.1975 22.3.1976 stricken 8.2001
さつま [Satsuma] LST4153   IHI, Tokyo 26.5.1975 12.5.1976 17.2.1977 stricken 6.2002

 

Displacement standard, t

2000

Displacement full, t

3200

Length, m

94.0 pp 98.0 oa

Breadth, m

14.0

Draught, m

3.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Kawasaki-MAN V8V22/30AMTL diesels

Power, h. p.

4400

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 33, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1 mod. 2

Military load

2 LCVP, 2 LCM(6), 10 tanks or 1800 t cargo, 200 troops

Electronic equipment

4151: OPS-18, OPS-14, FCS-1B radars

4152, 4153: OPS-18, OPS-14, Mk 34 radars

Complement

118

Project history: Two LCVPs were slung under davits, and a travelling gantry handled two LCMs carried on the foredeck.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Miura 1976

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