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Kasasagi 1980

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
みずとり [Mizutori]	PC311, 3.1981- ASU89		Kawasaki, Kobe	3.1959	22.9.1959	2/1960	TS 3.1981, stricken 3.1985
やまどり [Yamadori]	PC312, 3.1981- ASU90		Fujinagata, Osaka	3.1959	22.10.1959	3/1960	TS 3.1981, stricken 3.1985
おおとり [Ootori]	PC313, 3.1982- ASU61		Kure Jyukogyo, Kure	12.1959	27.5.1960	10/1960	TS 3.1982, stricken 10.1985
かささぎ [Kasasagi]	PC314, 3.1981- ASU87		Fujinagata, Osaka	12.1959	31.5.1960	10/1960	TS 3.1981, stricken 3.1985
はつかり [Hatsukari]	PC315, 3.1982- ASU62		Sasebo Jyukogyo, Sasebo	1.1960	24.6.1960	11/1960	TS 3.1982, stricken 10.1985
うみどり [Umidori]	PC316, 3.1984- ASU63		Sasebo Jyukogyo, Sasebo	2.1962	15.10.1963	3/1963	TS 3.1984, stricken 3.1987
しらとり [Shiratori]	PC319, 3.1986- ASU66		Sasebo Jyukogyo, Sasebo	2.1964	8.10.1964	2/1965	TS 3.1986, stricken 3.1987
ひよどり [Hiyodori]	PC320		Sasebo Jyukogyo, Sasebo	2.1965	29.9.1965	2/1966	yacht 4.1987

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	PC311-315: 420 PC316: 430 PC319, 320: 440
Displacement full, t	PC311-315: 480 PC316: 485 PC319, 320: 490
Length, m	60.5
Breadth, m	7.10
Draught, m	2.30
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Kawasaki - MAN V8V22/30 diesels
Power, h. p.	3800
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	3000(12)
Armament	PC311-315: 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 - 483 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 2 DCR PC316, 319, 320: 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 2 DCR
Electronic equipment	OPS-16 radar, SQS-11A sonar, NOLR-1 ECM suite
Complement	80

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Project history

First two were authorized under the 1958 programme, three in 1959, one each in 1961, 1963 and 1964.

Modernizations

1970s, Mizutori, Yamadori: - OPS-16 radar; + OPS-35 radar

1970s, Ootori, Kasasagi, Hatsukari, Umidori: - OPS-16 radar; + OPS-36 radar

Naval service

All ships ended their service as Special Use Auxiliaries (ASU), excluding Hiyodori served as Special Service Yacht.