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KUNASHIRI medium patrol vessels (1969-1973)


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Miyake 1974

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
くなしり [Kunashiri] PM65   Maizuru HI, Maizuru     3.1969 deleted 7.1998
みなべ [Minabe] PM66   Maizuru HI, Maizuru     3.1970 deleted 7.1998
さろべつ [Sarobetsu] PM67   Maizuru HI, Maizuru     3.1971 deleted 1.2001
かみしま [Kamishima] PM68   Usuki Tekkojo, Usuki     1.1972 deleted 2.2003
みやけ [Miyake] PM70   Tohoku Zosen, Shiogama     1.1973 deleted 2.2002
あわじ [Awaji] PM71   Usuki Tekkojo, Usuki     1.1973 deleted 2.2001
やえやま [Yaeyama] PM72   Usuki Tekkojo, Usuki     12.1972 deleted 2.2003


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

498

Displacement full, t

574

Length, m

58.0

Breadth, m

7.38

Draught, m

2.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

PM65-68: 2 Niigata 6MF32H diesels

PM70-72: 2 Niigata 6M31EX diesels

Power, h. p.

PM65-68: 2600

PM70-72: 3000

Max speed, kts

PM65-68: 17

PM70-72: 17.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

3040(16)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Electronic equipment

JMA 1576, JMA 1596 radars

Complement

40



Standard scale images


<i>Kunashiri </i>1975
Kunashiri 1975


Graphics


<i>Miyake </i>1974
Miyake 1974


Project history

Medium patrols of 350-M3 class.

Modernizations

2000s, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Naval service

No significant events.