Description:
The Japan Marine Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Sugashima-class of minehunters have been designed to perform mine countermeasure warfare. The propulsion system consists of two diesel engines developing 1,800-shp and a top speed of 14 knots. The vessel is equipped with a 20mm gun and a minehunting sonar. The JMSDF plans are to commission up to 12 minehunters beginning in 1999.
Specifications Accommodation: Crew 45
Guns: Main Gun Caliber 20 mm
Dimensions: Beam 9.4 m, Draft 3 m, Length 54 m
Weights: Full Displacement 510 t
Performance: Top Speed 14 kt (26 kph)
Power: Power 1,800 shp
Operators
Japan / 12
Ships
MSC681 Sugashima
Commissioning: 1999
MSC682 Notojima
Commissioning: 1999
MSC683 Tsonshima
Commissioning: 2000
MSC684
Commissioning: 2001
MSC685 Naoshima
MSC686
MSC687
MSC688
MSC689
MSC690
MSC691
MSC692
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Notes (*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)
Japan / 12 
