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JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENCE FORCE (JAPAN)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

1-GO minesweeping boats (1957-1959)

1-go 1960

Names

MSB701-706 1号-6号 [1-go-6-go]

Builders

Hitachi Zosen, Kanagawa: MSB701, 702

NKK, Tsurumi: MSB703-706

Commissioned

3-4/1957: MSB701-704

3/1959: MSB705, 706

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

3/1973: MSB701, 702

3-12/1974: MSB703-706

 

Displacement standard, t

43

Displacement full, t

45

Length, m

18.6

Breadth, m

5.04

Draught, m

1.34

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Mitsubishi DH7M diesels

Power, h. p.

320

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

53-shiki mechanical or A Mk 6b  acoustic minesweeping gear

Sensors

none

Complement

10

Project history: Wooden minesweeping boats built on the basis of the US MSB design. During minesweeping operations they were supported by MSTs.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

5-go 1962

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