Kasado-class minesweeper

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.

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).

Ships in the class Pennant no.NameBuildersLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedHome portMSC-604KasadoHitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa9 July 195719 March 195826 June 195827 March 1982YokosukaMSC-605ShisakaNippon Kokan, Keihin20 July 195720 March 195816 August 195830 March 1983YokosukaMSC-606KanawaHitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa25 August 195822 April 195924 July 195910 February 1984YokosukaMSC-607SakitoNippon Kokan, Keihin16 August 195825 August 1959257 March 1982YokosukaMSC-608HabushiHitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa25 August 195819 June 195922 September 19594 September 1982YokosukaMSC-609KouzuNippon Kokan, Keihin24 March 195912 November 195926 February 196018 March 1981YokosukaMSC-610TataraHitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa20 March 195914 January 196026 March 196013 March 1984YokosukaMSC-611TsukumiNippon Kokan, Keihin24 March 195912 January 196027 April 196030 March 1983YokosukaMSC-612MikuraHitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa30 March 195914 March 196027 May 19603 March 1989YokosukaMSC-613ShikineNippon Kokan, Keihin12 January 196022 July 196015 November 196030 January 1984SaseboMSC-614HiradoHitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa14 March 19603 October 196017 December 196027 March 1985SaseboMSC-615Koshiki20 March 19616 November 196129 January 196118 March 1981OminatoMSC-616HotakaNippon Kokan, Keihin22 March 196123 October 196124 February 196227 January 1983OminatoMSC-617Karato15 March 196211 December 196227 March 19637 September 1987YokosukaMSC-618HarioHitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa19 March 196210 December 196223 March 196327 March 1986YokosukaMSC-619Mutsure28 March 196316 December 196324 March 19634 June 1986YokosukaMSC-620ChiburiNippon Kokan, Keihin27 March 196329 November 196325 March 196424 May 1986SaseboMSC-621Ōtsu7 March 19645 November 196424 February 196516 December 1986OminatoMSC-622KudakoHitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa17 February 196420 November 196424 March 196524 March 1987SaseboMSC-623Rishiri9 March 196522 November 19655 March 196610 March 1988OminatoMSC-624RebunNippon Kokan, Keihin27 March 19657 December 196524 March 196624 March 1987OminatoMSC-625Amami10 March 196631 October 19666 March 196729 November 1989SaseboMSC-626UrumeHitachi Zosen Corporation, Kanagawa1 February 196612 November 196630 January 196717 November 1989SaseboMSC-627Minase10 January 196725 March 196715 June 1990SaseboMSC-628IbukiNippon Kokan, Keihin27 February 19672 December 196727 February 196829 November 1989SaseboMSC-629Katsura10 February 196718 September 196715 February 196814 May 1990Maizuru

See also Equivalent minesweepers of the same era

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