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ERIMO minelayer - minesweeper (1955)


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Erimo 1978

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
えりも [Erimo] AMC461   Uraga Dock 12.1954 12.7.1955 28.12.1955 auxiliary 3.1976


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate えりも [Erimo] AMC461   Uraga Dock 12.1954 12.7.1955 28.12.1955 auxiliary 3.1976

Technical data


Displacement standard, t

634
Displacement normal, t

700
Length, m

65.5
Breadth, m

7.90
Draught, m

2.64
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 Sasebo HI 5LKT42/56 diesels
Power, h. p.

2500
Max speed, kts

18
Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog 54-shiki ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR, minesweeping gear
Electronic equipmentSPS-5 radar, QHBa sonar
Complement87


Standard scale images


<i>Erimo</i> 1955
Erimo 1955


Graphics


<i>Erimo </i>1978
Erimo 1978


Project history

Erimo was designed as a multipurpose minesweeper, minelayer and submarine chaser.

Modernizations

none

Naval service

Erimo was converted to an Explosive Ordnance Disposal tender (YAS69) (for mine clearance divers) in 1975-76, DCTs, DCRs and minesweeping gear were removed.