List of Japan Coast Guard vessels and aircraft

List of Japan Coast Guard vessels and aircraft. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Fleet

PLH (Patrol Vessel Large With Helicopter)

JCG Akitsushima (PLH-32) in the van during the 2018 fleet review

Shikishima (PLH 31) berthed in Yokohama harbour

JCG Yashima (PLH 22) with USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) in Seattle

• 2 Helicopter class
  • Shunkō class (ja) ^[4]
  • Shikishima class
  • Mizuho class
• 1 Helicopter class
  • Reimei class (Modified Shikishima class)
  • Tsugaru class
    • Ryūkyū class (Modified Tsugaru class)
  • Soya class (ja)

PL (Patrol Vessel Large)

JCG Ishigaki (PL62) patrolling the Yaeyama Islands

• 3500 t class
  • Miyako class (ja)
  • Izu class (ja)
• 2000 t class
  • Hida class
• 1000 t class
  • Kunigami class (Kunisaki class) ^[5]
  • Iwami class
  • Hateruma class
  • Aso class
  • Nojima class (Oki, ex Nojima (PL-01), transferred to Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency as KM Arau)
  • Ojika class (modified Nojima class) (PL-02 transferred to Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency as KM Pekan)
  • Shiretoko class

Training role

• 3000 t class
  • Kojima (3rd) (ja)
  • Miura
  • Okoyama
• 1100 t class
  • Kojima (2nd) (ja)

PM (Patrol Vessel Medium)

JGC Katori (PM51) sailing off Chiba

• 500 t class
  • Katori class (ja)
  • Teshio (PM 15) (ja)
  • Teshio class (Natsui class)
• 350 t class
  • Tokara class
  • Amami class
  • Takatori class

PS (Patrol Vessel Small)

JGC Hotaka (PS 202) in the Sea of Japan

• 220 t class
  • Tsurugi class
• 180 t class
  • Bizan class (Raizan class)
  • Mihashi class (Shinzan class)
  • Shimoji class
• 130 t class
  • Takatsuki class (ja)

PC (Patrol Craft)

• 35 m class
  • Yodo class (ja)
  • Hamagumo class
  • Matsunami
  • Hayanami class
• 30 m class
  • Kagayuki class (Hayagumo class)
  • Asogiri class
  • Murakumo class
• 23 m class

JGC Urayuki (PC 33) demonstrating her LED message panel

• • Kotonami class (ja)
  • Natsugiri class
  • Shimagiri class
  • Akizuki class

CL (Craft Large)

• 20 m class
  • Suzukaze class (ja) (Himegiku class)
  • Hayagiku class
  • Shiraume class
• 15 m class
  • Nadakaze class
  • Isokaze class

FL (Fire fighting boat Large)

• Hiryū class (2nd) (ja)
• Hiryū class (1st)

FM (Fire fighting boat Medium)

• Nunobiki class

GS (Guard Boat Small)

• Sagittarius class (Hayate class 2nd)
• Hayate class

SS (Surveillance Service Small)

• Lynx class
• Polaris class
• Orion class (2nd)
• Southern Cross class (Polaris class)
• Orion class (1st)

MS (Monitoring Boat Small)

• Katsuren
• Saikai
• Kinugasa

HL (Hydrographic Survey Vessel Large)

JCG Heiyō (HL 11) hydrographic survey ship

• Heiyō class (2nd) (ja)
• Shōyō (2nd)
• Meiyō class (2nd)
• Tenyō (2nd)
• Takuyō (2nd)
• Shōyō (1st)
• Meiyō (1st)
• Takuyō (1st)

HM (Hydrographic Survey Vessel Medium)

• Kaiyō (1st)
• Tenyō (1st)
• Heiyō (1st)

HS (Hydrographic Survey Vessel Small)

JCG Hamashio (HS 31) in Tokyo Bay

• Hamashio class (3nd) (ja)
• Jinbei
• Hamashio class (2nd)
• Akashi class
• Hamashio class (1st)
• Takashima class
• Isogo class
• Hashima class
• Akashio class

LM (Light-House Service Vessel Medium)

• Hakuun class

LS (Light-House Service Vessel Small)

• Akihikari class
• Hatsuhikari class

TV (Training Vessel)

• CI class
• Aoba class

Aircraft inventory

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Versions	In service [6]	Notes
Beechcraft Super King Air	United States	Patrol Transport	King Air 200T King Air 350	1 9
Bombardier Dash 8	Canada	Maritime surveillance	DHC-8-315	8	One Bombardier Dash 8 was lost during a collision at Haneda Airport, Tokyo on 2 January 2024
Cessna 206 Stationair	United States	Utility	U206G	1
Dassault Falcon 900	France	Maritime surveillance, search and rescue		2
Gulfstream V	United States	VIP transport		2
Saab 340	Sweden	Transport	SF 340B	4
AgustaWestland AW139	Italy	SAR	AW139	14	10 ordered
Bell 206 JetRanger	United States	Utility helicopter	206B	3
Bell 212 Twin Huey	United States	Transport helicopter		16
Bell 412	United States	Transport helicopter		5
Bell 505	United States	Utility helicopter	505	4	[7]
Eurocopter Super Puma	France	SAR	AS 332L1	2
Eurocopter EC225/Airbus Helicopters H225	France	SAR	EC 225/H225	11	[8]
Sikorsky S-76	United States	SAR	S-76C S-76D	3 0	11 ordered
General Atomics MQ-9B SeaGuardian	United States	Maritime surveillance	MQ-9B	TBA	Operation start in October 2022 [9]

References

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3. "Japan boosts coast guard fleet to defend disputed East China Sea islands". The Guardian. 21 Dec 2016.
4. Gain, Nathan (5 Feb 2020). "Shunkō Large Patrol Vessel Handed Over To Japan Coast Guard". Naval News. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
5. "JMU DELIVERS 96-METRE PATROL VESSEL TO JAPAN COAST GUARD". Baird Maritime. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
6. "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology , January 15, 2007.
7. Frain 2018 , pp. 58–59
8. "Japan Coast Guard expands Super Puma fleet with additional H225 order" (Press release). Airbus. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
9. "Japan Coast Guard to start MQ-9B operations in October" (Press release). FlightGlobal. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.

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