Kasado-class minesweeper

JDS Tatara
Class overview
NameKasado
Builders
Preceded byYashiro class
Succeeded byTakami class
Built1957-1967
In commission1958-1990
Planned26
Completed26
Retired26
General characteristics
TypeMinesweeper
Displacement
Length45.5 m (149 ftin)
Beam8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
Draft2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Depth3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
Speed14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement39
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament1 × single Oerlikon 20mm gun

The Kasado class is a class of coastal minesweepers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.