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Wakataka 1976

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
うみたか [Umitaka]	PC309, 3.1980- ASU86		Kure Jyukogyo, Kure	3.1959	3.9.1959	11/1959	TS 3.1980, stricken 3.1984
おおたか [Ootaka]	PC310, 3.1981- ASU88		Kawasaki, Kobe	3.1959	25.7.1959	1/1960	TS 3.1981, stricken 3.1985
わかたか [Wakataka]	PC317, 3.1985- ASU64		Kure Jyukogyo, Kure	3.1962	13.11.1962	3/1963	TS 3.1985, stricken 3.1988
くまたか [Kumataka]	PC318, 3.1985- ASU65		Fujinagata, Osaka	3.1963	21.10.1963	3/1964	TS 3.1985, stricken 3.1989

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	PC309, 310: 440 PC317, 318: 460
Displacement full, t	PC309, 310: 500 PC317, 318: 520
Length, m	60.5
Breadth, m	7.10
Draught, m	2.30
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Mitsui - Burmeister & Wain 635VBU-45 diesels
Power, h. p.	4000
Max speed, kts	21
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	3000(12)
Armament	PC309, 310: 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 - 483 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 2 DCR PC317, 318: 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 2 DCR
Electronic equipment	PC309, 310: OPS-16 radar, SQS-11A sonar, OLR-4B ECM suite PC317, 318: OPS-16 radar, SQS-11A sonar, NOLR-1 ECM suite
Complement	80

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Project history

Authorized under the 1957 programme (two), 1961 (one) and 1962 (one).

Modernizations

1970s, Ootaka: - OPS-16 radar; + OPS-35 radar

1970s, Wakataka: - OPS-16 radar; + OPS-36 radar

Naval service

All ships ended their service as Special Use Auxiliaries (ASU).