List of Japan Coast Guard vessels and aircraft
List of Japan Coast Guard vessels and aircraft.[1][2][3][4][5]
Fleet
[edit]PLH (Patrol Vessel Large With Helicopter)
[edit]
- 2 Helicopter class
- 1 Helicopter class
- Reimei class (Modified Shikishima class)
- Tsugaru class
- Ryūkyū class (Modified Tsugaru class)
- Soya class (ja)
PL (Patrol Vessel Large)
[edit]
- 3500 t class
- Miyako class (ja)
- Izu class (ja)
- 2000 t 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
[edit]- 3000 t class
- Kojima (3rd) (ja)
- Miura
- Okoyama
- 1100 t class
- Kojima (2nd) (ja)
PM (Patrol Vessel Medium)
[edit]_2.jpg)
- 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)
[edit]
- 220 t class
- 180 t class
- Bizan class (Raizan class)
- Mihashi class (Shinzan class)
- Shimoji class
- 130 t class
- Takatsuki class (ja)
PC (Patrol Craft)
[edit]- 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
- Kotonami class (ja)
- Natsugiri class
- Shimagiri class
- Akizuki class
CL (Craft Large)
[edit]- 20 m class
- Suzukaze class (ja) (Himegiku class)
- Hayagiku class
- Shiraume class
- 15 m class
- Nadakaze class
- Isokaze class
FL (Fire fighting boat Large)
[edit]- Hiryū class (2nd) (ja)
- Hiryū class (1st)
FM (Fire fighting boat Medium)
[edit]- Nunobiki class
GS (Guard Boat Small)
[edit]- Sagittarius class (Hayate class 2nd)
- Hayate class
SS (Surveillance Service Small)
[edit]- Lynx class
- Polaris class
- Orion class (2nd)
- Southern Cross class (Polaris class)
- Orion class (1st)
MS (Monitoring Boat Small)
[edit]- Katsuren
- Saikai
- Kinugasa
HL (Hydrographic Survey Vessel Large)
[edit].png)
- Heiyō class (2nd) (ja)
- Shōyō (2nd)
- Meiyō class (2nd)
- Tenyō (2nd)
- Takuyō (2nd)
- Shōyō (1st)
- Meiyō (1st)
- Takuyō (1st)
HM (Hydrographic Survey Vessel Medium)
[edit]- Kaiyō (1st)
- Tenyō (1st)
- Heiyō (1st)
HS (Hydrographic Survey Vessel Small)
[edit]
- 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)
[edit]- Hakuun class
LS (Light-House Service Vessel Small)
[edit]- Akihikari class
- Hatsuhikari class
TV (Training Vessel)
[edit]- CI class
- Aoba class
Aircraft inventory
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ "Maritime Security Report 2020". kaiho.mlit.go.jp. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ Samuels, Richard J. (2007). "Japan's Growing Maritime Capabilities and East Asian Security". International Security. 32 (3): 84–112. doi:10.1162/isec.2008.32.3.84. JSTOR 30130519. S2CID 57568630.
- ^ "Japan boosts coast guard fleet to defend disputed East China Sea islands". The Guardian. 21 Dec 2016.
- ^ a b Gain, Nathan (5 Feb 2020). "Shunkō Large Patrol Vessel Handed Over To Japan Coast Guard". Naval News. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ a b "JMU DELIVERS 96-METRE PATROL VESSEL TO JAPAN COAST GUARD". Baird Maritime. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 15, 2007.
- ^ Frain 2018, pp. 58–59
- ^ "Japan Coast Guard expands Super Puma fleet with additional H225 order" (Press release). Airbus. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Japan Coast Guard to start MQ-9B operations in October" (Press release). FlightGlobal. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- Frain, Ian (December 2018). "Jet Ranger X". Air International. Vol. 95, no. 6. pp. 56–59. ISSN 0306-5634.
- "List of equipment of Japan Coast Guard". Wikipedia Japan. Retrieved 14 June 2021.