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JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENCE FORCE (JAPAN)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

SUGASHIMA coastal minesweepers (1999 - 2007)

Sugashima 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
すがしま [Sugashima] MSC681   NKK, Tsurumi 8.5.1996 25.8.1997 16.3.1999 in service (2019)
のとじま [Notojima] MSC682   Hitachi, Kanagawa 8.5.1996 3.9.1997 16.3.1999 in service (2019)
つのしま [Tsunoshima] MSC683   Hitachi, Kanagawa 7.8.1997 22.10.1998 13.3.2000 in service (2019)
なおしま [Naoshima] MSC684   NKK, Tsurumi 17.4.1998 7.10.1999 16.3.2001 in service (2019)
とよしま [Toyoshima] MSC685   Hitachi, Kanagawa 26.4.1999 13.9.2000 4.3.2002 in service (2019)
うくしま [Ukushima] MSC686   NKK, Tsurumi 17.5.2000 17.9.2001 18.3.2003 in service (2019)
いずしま [Izushima] MSC687   Hitachi, Kanagawa 27.4.2000 31.10.2001 18.3.2003 in service (2019)
あいしま [Aishima] MSC688   NKK, Tsurumi 17.4.2001 8.10.2002 16.2.2004 in service (2019)
あおしま [Aoshima] MSC689   NKK, Tsurumi 15.4.2002 16.9.2003 9.2.2005 in service (2019)
みやじま [Miyajima] MSC690   NKK, Tsurumi 28.5.2002 10.10.2003 9.2.2005 in service (2019)
ししじま [Shishijima] MSC691   NKK, Tsurumi 23.5.2003 29.9.2004 8.2.2006 in service (2019)
くろしま [Kuroshima] MSC692   NKK, Tsurumi 12.5.2004 31.8.2005 23.2.2007 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

510

Displacement full, t

590

Length, m

54.0 pp 57.7 oa

Breadth, m

9.40

Draught, m

3.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Mitsubishi 6NMU-TA-1 diesels

Power, h. p.

1800

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2500(10)

Armament

1 x 3 - 20/76 Sea Vulcan JM-61-B, 2x PAP-104 Mk 5 USV, 53-shiki mechanical minesweeping gear

Sensors

OPS-39Y radar, ZQS-4 (type 2093M) sonar, Nautis-IIM CCS

Complement

45

Project history: First Japanese mine-countermeasures units with fully computerized combat systems. Wooden construction. Forecastle is extended aft to provide shelter tor remotely operated minehunting submersibles. Have twin funnels athwartships. Use an NEC-built variant of the GEC-Marconi Nautis-IIM tactical data system, with three operator consoles, a chart table, and a plotter. The sonar is a license-built Thomson Marconi Type 2093M. and the hoist gear within the forward part of the superstructure. Carry two French PAP 105 Mk 5 remote-controlled mine-hunting submersibles. Can be equipped with Dyad magnetic and acoustic array and Oropesa Type 6 wire sweep gear.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Naoshima 2008

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