Large ocean-going cutters; they are strengthened for operations in light ice. They have unique lift-generating “wings” under the waterline which negate the equivalent of 52t of displacement. They have 70t ballast tanks to counteract rolling in heavy seas.
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TSUGARU PLH 02 IHI, Tokyo 17 Apr 1979
OOSUMI PLH 03 Mitsui Tamano 18 Oct 1979
HAYATO (ex-Uraga) PLH 04 Hitachi, Maizuru 5 Mar 1980
ZAO PLH 05 Mitsubishi, Nagasaki i Mar 1982
CHIKUZEN PLH 06 Kawasaki, Kobe 28 Sep 1983
SEI rSIJ PLH 07 Sumitomo, Oppama 27 Sep 1984
ECHIGO PLH 08 Mitsui Tamano 28 Feb 1990
RYUKYU PLH 09 Mitsubishi, Nagasaki 31 Mar 2000
DAISEN PLH 10 Nippon Kokan, Tsurumi 1 Oct 2001
Displacement tons: 3,200 normal; 3,744 full load
Dimensions, feet (metres):
323.4 X 51.2 X 17.1 (98.6 X 15.6 X 5.2) (PLH 01)
345.8 x 479 x 15.7 (105.4 x 74• x 4.8)
Main machinery: 2 SEMT-Pi&stjck 12 PC2.5 V 400 diesels; 15,604 hp(m)(77.47MW) sustained; 2 shafts; cp props; bow thruster
Speed, knots: 21 (PLH 01); 22 (others). Range, miles: 5,700 at 18 kt
Complement: 71 (PLH 01-04); 69 (others)
Guns: 1 Bofors 40 mm or Oerlikon 35 mm. 1 Oerljkon 20 mm (PU-I 01, 02, 05-07) or 1—20 mm JM61MB Gatling gun.
Radars:
Surface serh: JMA 1576; I-band.
Navigation: JMA 1596; I-band.
Helo control: JMA 1596; I-band.
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