![]() Mizuho at Port of Naha
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Class overview | |
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Name | Mizuho-class patrol vessel |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | Mizuho class |
Succeeded by | Shunkō class |
Completed | 1 |
Active | 1 |
Laid up | 1 |
History | |
Name | Mizuho |
Ordered | 2015 |
Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shimonoseki Shipyard |
Launched | November 9, 2018 |
Commissioned | August 22, 2019 |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 6,000 GT |
Length | 134 m (439 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 15.8 m (51 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × Bell 412 helicopters |
The Japanese patrol boat Mizuho is a PLH type patrol vessels of the Japan Coast Guard. She is only ship in her class: the construction of a second ship was planned originally, but has not been achieved as of 2020 due to the start of construction of the Shunkō class and Reimei class.[1]
Design
[edit]Essentially, this ship is designed to be an enlarged version of the Kunigami class, with a helicopter deck and hangar as a successor to Mizuho (PLH-21).[2] As well as being a platform for helicopters, she also functions as a depot ship: replenishing fuel, potable water and stores to small patrol crafts and resting their crew. And as a frontline command center, she also has excellent command and control functions.[1][3]
She is armed with one Bofors L/70 40 mm gun (Bofors 40 Mk4) and one JM61-RFS 20 mm gun, each controlled by an electro-optical director.[3] The Sikorsky S-76D helicopters was supposed to be used as the shipboard helicopters,[2] but in actual, the Bell 412 helicopters were transferred directly from the PLH-21.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kaijin-sha 2020, p. 44.
- ^ a b Kaijin-sha 2018, p. 44.
- ^ a b c Kaijin-sha 2019.
Bibliography
[edit]- "ヘリ搭載巡視船「みずほ」:下関で引き渡し式 来月、名古屋海保に配属" (in Japanese). Mainichi shinbun. 23 August 2019.
- Kaijin-sha, ed. (July 2018). "Patrol Vessels - Ships of Japan Coast Guard". Ships of the World (in Japanese) (881). Kaijin-sha: 39–90. NAID 40021585370.
- Kaijin-sha, ed. (November 2019). "JCG's New PLH Mizuho PLH-41 Completed". Ships of the World (in Japanese) (911). Kaijin-sha: 53–57. NAID 40022027891.
- Kaijin-sha, ed. (October 2020). "Patrol Vessels - Ships of Japan Coast Guard". Ships of the World (in Japanese) (933). Kaijin-sha: 39–90. NAID 40022358584.
External links
[edit]Media related to IMO 9820752 at Wikimedia Commons
- 海上保安廳大型直昇機巡視船 (in Chinese)