Japanese patrol boat Mizuho (PLH-41)
The Japanese patrol boat Mizuho is a PLH type patrol vessels of the Japan Coast Guard. She was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shimonoseki Shipyard.
 Mizuho was launching on November 9, 2018 | |
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| Name: | Mizuho |
| Ordered: | 2015 |
| Builder: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shimonoseki Shipyard |
| Launched: | November 9, 2018 |
| Commissioned: | August 22, 2019 |
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| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 6,000 GT |
| Length: | 134.0 m (439 ft 8 in) |
| Beam: | 15.8 m (51 ft 10 in) |
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| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × Sikorsky S-76D |
She is first JCG ship equipped with Bofors 40 Mk4 40 mm cannon that is the ship's main gun, the ship also carry a JM61-RFS CIWS on the secondary gun position on the bow, the Remote Firing System (RFS) by a JM61 20 mm Vulcan and one remote naval mount make up.
References
Further reading
- "ヘリ搭載巡視船「みずほ」：下関で引き渡し式 来月、名古屋海保に配属" (in Japanese). Mainichi shinbun. 23 August 2019.
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