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 ft 3 in)
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.

Development

During the Pacific War, a large number of mines were laid in the waters near Japan by both Japan and the United States, which greatly hindered shipping including coastal areas at the end of the war, so the need to deal with this was urgent. It was a thing. For this reason, the scavenging force was maintained even while the Imperial Japanese Navy was dismantled after the surrender of Japan, and was taken over by the 2nd Ministry of Demobilization on December 1, 1945. After that, minesweepers were absorbed by the Japan Coast Guard, which was established on August 1, 1952, and transferred to the Coastal Security Force.[1]

Immediately after its inauguration, the guards have been aiming for domestic production of minesweepers. First, in 1953, the Atada-class minesweeper and JDS Yashiro were built with the characteristics of an actual ship experiment. Based on its achievements, this model was designed as the first mass-produced minesweeper after the war. In designing, it was aimed to have the same performance as the US Navy's Bluebird-class minesweeper (operated as a Yamashima-class minesweeper with the donation of four from 1954).[2]

Ships in the class

Pennant no. Name Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Home port
MSC-604 Kasado Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa 9 July 1957 19 March 1958 26 June 1958 27 March 1982 Yokosuka
MSC-605 Shisaka Nippon Kokan, Keihin 20 July 1957 20 March 1958 16 August 1958 30 March 1983 Yokosuka
MSC-606 Kanawa Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa 25 August 1958 22 April 1959 24 July 1959 10 February 1984 Yokosuka
MSC-607 Sakito Nippon Kokan, Keihin 16 August 1958 25 August 1959 257 March 1982 Yokosuka
MSC-608 Habushi Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa 25 August 1958 19 June 1959 22 September 1959 4 September 1982 Yokosuka
MSC-609 Kouzu Nippon Kokan, Keihin 24 March 1959 12 November 1959 26 February 1960 18 March 1981 Yokosuka
MSC-610 Tatara Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa 20 March 1959 14 January 1960 26 March 1960 13 March 1984 Yokosuka
MSC-611 Tsukumi Nippon Kokan, Keihin 24 March 1959 12 January 1960 27 April 1960 30 March 1983 Yokosuka
MSC-612 Mikura Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa 30 March 1959 14 March 1960 27 May 1960 3 March 1989 Yokosuka
MSC-613 Shikine Nippon Kokan, Keihin 12 January 1960 22 July 1960 15 November 1960 30 January 1984 Sasebo
MSC-614 Hirado Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa 14 March 1960 3 October 1960 17 December 1960 27 March 1985 Sasebo
MSC-615 Koshiki 20 March 1961 6 November 1961 29 January 1961 18 March 1981 Ominato
MSC-616 Hotaka Nippon Kokan, Keihin 22 March 1961 23 October 1961 24 February 1962 27 January 1983 Ominato
MSC-617 Karato 15 March 1962 11 December 1962 27 March 1963 7 September 1987 Yokosuka
MSC-618 Hario Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa 19 March 1962 10 December 1962 23 March 1963 27 March 1986 Yokosuka
MSC-619 Mutsure 28 March 1963 16 December 1963 24 March 1963 4 June 1986 Yokosuka
MSC-620 Chiburi Nippon Kokan, Keihin 27 March 1963 29 November 1963 25 March 1964 24 May 1986 Sasebo
MSC-621 Ōtsu 7 March 1964 5 November 1964 24 February 1965 16 December 1986 Ominato
MSC-622 Kudako Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa 17 February 1964 20 November 1964 24 March 1965 24 March 1987 Sasebo
MSC-623 Rishiri 9 March 1965 22 November 1965 5 March 1966 10 March 1988 Ominato
MSC-624 Rebun Nippon Kokan, Keihin 27 March 1965 7 December 1965 24 March 1966 24 March 1987 Ominato
MSC-625 Amami 10 March 1966 31 October 1966 6 March 1967 29 November 1989 Sasebo
MSC-626 Urume Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa 1 February 1966 12 November 1966 30 January 1967 17 November 1989 Sasebo
MSC-627 Minase 10 January 1967 25 March 1967 15 June 1990 Sasebo
MSC-628 Ibuki Nippon Kokan, Keihin 27 February 1967 2 December 1967 27 February 1968 29 November 1989 Sasebo
MSC-629 Katsura 10 February 1967 18 September 1967 15 February 1968 14 May 1990 Maizuru

Citations

  1. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/mf/other/history/img/008.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ Hirogun, Yosuke (June 2010). History of Construction of Wooden Minesweepers by the Maritime Self-Defense Force, Ships of the World. Vol. 725. Japan: Gaijinsha. pp. 155–161.
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