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JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENCE FORCE (JAPAN)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

ATADA coastal minesweepers (1956)

Atada 1960

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
あただ [Atada] MSC601   Hitachi Zosen, Kanagawa 6.1955 12.3.1956 4.1956 auxiliary 3.1972
いつき [Itsuki] MSC602   NKK, Tsurumi 6.1955 12.3.1956 6.1956 auxiliary 3.1972

 

Displacement standard, t

240

Displacement full, t

260

Length, m

37.5

Breadth, m

6.80

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

MSC601: 2 Mersedes-Benz MB820B diesels

MSC602: 2 Mitsubishi YV10ZC15/20 diesels

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, mechanical, magnetic minesweeping gear

Sensors

SPS-10 radar, UQS-1D sonar

Complement

33

Project history: Small coastal minesweepers. Both built of wood and lightweight metals.

Modernizations: none

Naval service: Both became diving tenders and deleted in 1980 (Atada) and 1978 (Itsuki).

Atada 1972

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