Japanese patrol vessel Reimei

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Reimei underway on 9 January 2020
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Ensign of the Japanese Coast Guard.svg Japan
Name
  • Reimei
  • (れいめい)
Namesake Reimei
Builder Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Cost26.2 billion ¥ [1]
Laid down7 June 2017
Launched8 March 2019
Commissioned19 February 2020
Homeport Kagoshima
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Reimei-class patrol vessel
Tonnage6,500  GT
Displacement9,300 tons (full load)
Length150.0 m (492 ft 2 in)
Beam17 m (55 ft 9 in)
Draft9.0 m (29 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range20,000  nmi (37,000 km; 23,000 mi)
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × EC225LP

Reimei (PLH-33) is a Reimei-class patrol vessel currently operated by the Japanese Coast Guard.

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Design

Akitsushima-class patrol vessels have surface-search and navigation radars and a single-mounted Oerlikon 35 mm or 40 mm autocanon. And as a secondary weapon, two JM61 20 mm gun systems were set up. This system adopts the same rotary cannon as the conventional JM61-M, but it is remotely controlled with an optical director as opposed to JM61-M being manually trained and elevated. It derived from one of the PG-821-class guided-missile patrol boats of the JMSDF, and later, added as a standard equipment of the JCG as the JM61-RFS. [2]

Aviation facilities have also been enhanced. Two Eurocopter AS332 or EC225LP Super Puma helicopters were deployed as the shipboard helicopters, whereas the conventional PLHs are equipped with smaller Bell 212. [3]

Construction and career

Reimei was laid down on 7 June 2017 and launched on 8 March 2019 by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki. She was commissioned on 19 February 2020.

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References

  1. ↑ 「警備救難業務用船 (海上保安庁船艇の全容)」『世界の艦船』. 881. 海人社. July 2018. pp. 39–90.
  2. ↑ Nakanomyo 2015.
  3. ↑ Henmi 2001.
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