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 at Port of Naha
History
Japan
Name: Mizuho
Ordered: 2015
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shimonoseki Shipyard
Launched: November 9, 2018
Commissioned: August 22, 2019
Identification:
Status: Active
General characteristics
Displacement: 6,000 GT
Length: 134.0 m (439 ft 8 in)
Beam: 15.8 m (51 ft 10 in)
Propulsion:
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Armament:
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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