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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Shikishima-class large patrol vessel |
| Builders | Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries |
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| Preceded by | Mizuho class |
| Succeeded by | Shunkō class |
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| Planned | 5 |
| Building | 0 |
| Completed | 5 |
| Active | 5 |
| General characteristics of Shikishima | |
| Type | PLH (Patrol vessel Large with Helicopter) |
| Tonnage | 6,500 GT |
| Displacement | 9,300 tons (full load) |
| Length | 150.0 m (492 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in) |
| Draft | 9.0 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range | 20,000 nmi (37,000 km; 23,000 mi) |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × Eurocopter AS332 |
The Shikishima-class patrol vessel (しきしま級巡視船, Shikishima-kyū-junnshi-senn) is a class of PLH type patrol vessels of the Japan Coast Guard (JCG; former Maritime Safety Agency, MSA).[1][2] In the official classification, Shikishima and Akitsushima are treated as the only ships in their classes, respectively; and Reimei is treated as the lead ship of her class. The Shikishima class was once the world's largest coast guard vessel until it was surpassed by the Chinese Zhaotou-class patrol cutter in 2015.[3]
- ^ Asanaga & Ōtsuka 1995, pp. 120–130.
- ^ Wertheim 2013, pp. 383–384.
- ^ Martinson, Ryan D. (3 July 2015). "East Asian Security in the Age of the Chinese Mega-Cutter". CIMSEC. Retrieved 21 March 2021.