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Zao 2009

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
つがる [Tsugaru]	PL02, 12.1985- PLH02		Ishikawajima, Harima	18.4.1978	6.12.1978	17.4.1979	in service (2019)
おおすみ [Osumi]	PL03, 12.1985- PLH03		Mitsui, Tamano	1.9.1978	1.6.1979	18.10.1979	in service (2019)
うらが [Uraga], 3.1997- はやと [Hayato], 6.2014- うるま [Uruma]	PL04, 12.1985- PLH04		Hitachi, Maizuru	14.3.1979	12.10.1979	5.3.1980	in service (2019)
ざおう [Zao]	PL05, 12.1985- PLH05		Mitsubishi, Nagasaki	23.10.1980	29.10.1981	19.3.1983	in service (2019)
ちくぜん [Chikuzen], 10.2013- おきなわ [Okinawa]	PL06, 12.1985- PLH06		Kawasaki, Kobe	20.4.1982	18.3.1983	28.9.1983	in service (2019)
せっつ [Settsu]	PL07, 12.1985- PLH07		Sumitomo, Uraga	5.4.1983	21.4.1984	27.9.1984	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	3730
Displacement normal, t	4037
Length, m	100.0 wl 105.4 oa
Breadth, m	14.6
Draught, m	4.90
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Nippon Kokan-Pielstick 12PC2-5 V400 diesels
Power, h. p.	15600
Max speed, kts	22
Fuel, t	diesel oil 864
Endurance, nm(kts)	5700(18)
Armament	02: 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 helicopter (Bell 212) 03: 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 helicopter (Bell 212) 04: 1 x 1 - 35/90 type 87, 1 helicopter (Bell 212) 05-07: 1 x 1 - 35/90 type 87, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 helicopter (Bell 212)
Electronic equipment	JMA 1596, JMA1576, helicopter control radars
Complement	71

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Project history

Intended to operate 100nm or more to sea. Have two pairs of fin stabilizers and FLUME-type passive stabilization tanks in the superstructure. The engines were manufactured by different builders.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.