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IKAZUCHI frigates (1956)


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Inazuma 1967

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
いかづち [Ikazuchi] DE202   Kawasaki, Kobe 18.12.1954 6.9.1955 29.5.1956 hulk 3.1976
いなづま [Inazuma] DE203   Mitsui, Tamano 25.12.1954 4.8.1955 5.3.1956 hulk 3.1977


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1080

Displacement full, t

1300

Length, m

88.0 oa 87.5 pp

Breadth, m

8.70

Draught, m

3.10 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

DE202: 2 Mitsubishi diesels

DE203: 2 Mitsui diesels

Power, h. p.

12000

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)5500(15)
Armament

2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 15 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 1 DCR

Electronic equipmentOPS-2, OPS-3 radars, QHBa, QDA sonars
Complement

160



Standard scale images


<i>Ikazuchi </i>1960
Ikazuchi 1960


Graphics


<i>Inazuma </i>1967
Inazuma 1967


Project history

Both units were authorized under the 1953 Programme as two further 'B type' escort vessels, powered by diesels. All weapons and electronics were US produced. Due to projected vibrations from the diesels, mild steel plates were used and an aluminium alloy was employed in the superstructure.

Modernizations

1959, both: - 2 x 1 - 76/50, 1 x 2 - 40/60, 4 DCT, 1 DCR; + 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 34, Mk 34 radar

Naval service

No significant events.