The Azusa-class patrol vessels are a class of small patrol vessel in service in the Japanese People's Naval Self-Defense Force from the mid-2000s onwards.
Specifications[]
- Type: Patrol Vessel
- Service Period: 2006-Present
- Characteristics:
- Length: 110 feet (33.53 meters)
- Beam: 28 feet (8.53 meters)
- Draught: 7 feet (2.13 meters)
- Displacement: 232 tons
- Crew: 4-24
- Propulsion: 2 x Caterpillar 3516B diesel engines, 2,500 hp each at 1,600 rpm
- Range: 660 nautical miles (1,222.3 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
- Speed: 20 knots (37.04 km/h)
- Armament:
- 1 x 12.7mm M2 Browning machine gun
Unit Run[]
- JPS Azusa
- JPS Enoki
- JPS Chigusa
- JPS Yomogi
- JPS Tobiume
- JPS Madake
- JPS Shiraume
- JPS Akane
- JPS Wakakusa
- JPS Natsugusa
- JPS Akikusa