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YASHIRO coastal minesweeper (1956)

Yashiro 1960

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
やしろ [Yashiro] MSC603   Nippon Kokan, Tsurumi 6.1955 26.3.1955 7.1956 auxiliary 3.1972

 

Displacement standard, t

225

Displacement full, t

235

Length, m

37.5

Breadth, m

7.75

Draught, m

1.93

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Mitsubishi YV10ZC15/201 diesels

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

13.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

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

Sensors

SPS-10 radar, UQS-1D sonar

Complement

33

Project history: Small coastal minesweeper.

Modernizations: none

Naval service: Yashiro served as diving tender till 1981.

Yashiro 1970

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