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TSURUGI small patrol vessels (2001-2005)


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Asama 2007

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
つるぎ [Tsurugi] PS201   Hitachi, Kanagawa 15.3.2000 9.11.2000 15.2.2001 in service (2019)
ほたか [Hotaka] PS202   Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki 11.5.2000 14.12.2000 16.3.2001 in service (2019)
のりくら [Norikura] PS203   Mitsui, Tamano 23.5.2000 14.12.2000 16.3.2001 in service (2019)
かいもん [Kaimon] PS204   Mitsui, Tamano 24.6.2003 9.12.2003 21.4.2004 in service (2019)
あさま [Asama] PS205   Mitsui, Tamano 24.6.2003 3.12.2003 21.4.2004 in service (2019)
ほうおう [Houou] PS206   Mitsui, Tamano 26.2.2004 9.12.2004 17.1.2005 in service (2019)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t180
Displacement normal, t220
Length, m

50.0

Breadth, m

8.00

Draught, m4.00
No of shafts

3 waterjets

Machinery

3 diesels

Power, h. p.15000
Max speed, kts

40

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)650(34)
Armament

1 x 3 - 20/76 JM-61-MB Sea Vulcan

Electronic equipment

2x radars, e/o director

Complement 


Standard scale images


<i>Tsurugi </i>2010
Tsurugi 2010


Graphics


<i>Asama </i>2007
Asama 2007


Project history

Acquired to permit pursuit of North Korean incursion craft on the Sea of Japan coast. Have IR search and E/O surveillance systems and carry a large rigid inflatable inspection boat.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.