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KAMOME submarine chasers (1957)


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Misago 1970

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
かり [Kari] PC301   Fujinagata, Osaka 1.1956 26.9.1956 2/1957 discarded 3.1977
きじ [Kiji] PC302   Iino, Maizuru 12.1955 11.9.1956 1/1957 discarded 3.1977
たか [Taka] PC303   Fujinagata, Osaka 1.1956 17.11.1956 3/1957 discarded 3.1977
わし [Washi] PC304   Iino, Maizuru 12.1955 12.11.1956 3/1957 discarded 3.1977
かもめ [Kamome] PC305   Uraga, Yokosuka 1.1956 3.9.1956 1/1957 discarded 3.1977
つばめ [Tsubame] PC306   Kure Jukogyo, Kure 3.1956 10.10.1956 1/1957 discarded 5.1977
みさご [Misago] PC307   Uraga, Yokosuka 1.1956 1.11.1956 2/1957 discarded 12.1977


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

PC301-304: 310

PC305-307: 330

Displacement full, t

PC301-304: 340

PC305-307: 360

Length, m

PC301-304: 56.0

PC305-307: 54.0

Breadth, m

PC301-304: 6.50

PC305-307: 6.60

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

PC301-304: 2 Kawasaki - MAN V8V22/30 diesels

PC305-307: 2 Mitsui - Burmeister & Wain 635VBU-45 diesels

Power, h. p.

4000

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

PC301-304: 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR

PC305-307: 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

SPS-5B radar, SQS-11A sonar

Complement

70



Standard scale images


<i>Kamome </i>1960
Kamome 1960


Graphics


<i>Misago </i>1970
Misago 1970


Project history

Authorized under the 1954 programme. In effect they were updated versions of the wartime US concept.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.