Hayabusa-class Guided Missile Patrol Boat

The Hayabusa-class is a guided missile patrol boat class of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Six boats were built between 2002 and 2004.

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force initially built three hydrofoil missile boats of the PG 1-go class between 1993 and 1995. However, after commissioning, problems with seaworthiness and operational range at mid-speed became clear. As a result, no more ships of this first class of Japanese missile boat were built.

The Hayabusa-class was designed to correct these problems. After an incident off the Noto Peninsula involving a North Korea spy ship, two ships of the class were included in the 1999 fiscal year plan. They were named for Imperial Japanese Navy ships, the torpedo boat Hayabusa and the minesweeper Wakataka.

Specifications

 * Type: Guided Missile Patrol Boat (Hull designation symbol PG)
 * Service Period: 2002-Present
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 164 feet 4.5 inches (50.1 meters)
 * Beam: 27 feet 6.71 inches (8.4 meters)
 * Draught: 13 feet 9.36 inches (4.2 meters)
 * Draft: 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 meters)
 * Displacement: 200 tonnes (Standard); 240 tonne (Full Load)
 * Crew: 21
 * Speed: 46 knots (85.92 km/h)
 * Propulsion:
 * 3 x General Electric LM500-G07 gas turbines
 * 3 x Pump jets
 * Sensor Suite:
 * OYQ-8BInformation processor
 * Tactical Digital Information Link
 * OPS-18-3 surface search radar
 * OPS-20 navigation radar
 * OAX-2 optronic sight
 * FCS-2-31C Gun FCS
 * Armament
 * 1 x 76mm Otobreda Super Rapid Fire naval gun
 * 4 x SSM-1B AShMs
 * 2 x 12.7mm M2 Browning machine guns