PG-827 Kumataka |
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shimonoseki |
| Operators: | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
| Preceded by: | PG 1-go class |
| Building: | 6 |
| Planned: | 6 |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Active: | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | patrol boat |
| Displacement: | standard:200 tonnes full:240 tonnes |
| Length: | 50.1m |
| Beam: | 8.4m |
| Draught: | 4.2m |
| Draft: | 1.7m |
| Propulsion: | 3 x General Electric LM500-G07 gas turbine 3 x Pump-jet propulsion |
| Speed: | 46 knots |
| Complement: | 21 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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 |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
2 X Mk 36 decoys |
| Armament: | 4 X SSM-1B SSM 1 X Otobreda 76 mm gun 2 X 12.7mm machine gun M2 |
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 World War II Japanese ships, the torpedo boat Hayabusa and the minesweeper Wakataka.
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The boat's displacement was enlarged to four times that of the PG 1-go class to improve seaworthiness. The maximum speed was increased to improve the ability to intercept ships; however, the speed increase proved to be difficult to implement.
Both double-hull and single-hull designs were considered; the single-hull design was selected for reasons of hull strength and seaworthiness. The hull is long and narrow with a V-shaped bottom, allowing for a high hull speed and improved high-speed stability.
Stealth characteristics were incorporated. The slope of the superstructure, designed to minimize direct radar reflection, was chosen using computer simulation of the radar cross section. The tripod mast and Stealthshield 76mm gun also have stealth features.
Three LM500-G07 gas turbine engines, built under license from General Electric by Ishikawajima-Harima, provide the main propulsion. The gas turbine was changed about a main engine at a first budget budget request stage corresponding to a demand speed increase after the event of a suspicious ship though was examined as two. Each engine is displayed to the hull in parallel, and connected with the nozzle of one water jet propulsion severally. The output has increased by 400 horsepower, though the LM500-G07 engine is the one installed in the PG NO.1 class and an isomorph.
The main armament is a pair of SSM-1B ship-to-ship missile twin launchers installed in the stern and a front deck Otobreda 76 mm gun. Additionally, two 12.7mm M2 machine guns are installed on the back of the bridge.
As for the weapon system of the peregrine type, the OYQ-8B strategy information processor is mainly composed. The performance improves rapidly than UYK-20 that is the small-scale computer before the fee the age though this uses a small AN/UYK-44 computer, and the correspondence of Link 11 that was not able to be accomplished with OYQ-5 that uses UYK-20 is accomplished. As a result, the attack of other sea forces and the air units can be adjusted. Moreover, the Maritime Operational Force System that is the key command system of the Maritime Self-Defense Force is installed, and orders and intelligence information can be received from Regional District Headquarters etc. by satellite communication.
| Name | Number | Laiddown | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Status |
| Hayabusa(はやぶさ) | PG-824 | 9 November 2000 | 13 June 2001 | 25 March 2002 | Active | |
| Wakataka(わかたか) | PG-825 | 9 November 2000 | 13 September 2001 | 25 March 2002 | Active | |
| Otaka(おおたか) | PG-826 | 2 October 2001 | 13 May 2002 | 24 March 2003 | Active | |
| Kumataka(くまたか) | PG-827 | 2 October 2001 | 13 August 2002 | 24 March 2003 | Active | |
| Umitaka(うみたか) | PG-828 | 11 December 2002 | 21 May 2003 | 24 March 2004 | Active | |
| Shiritaka(しらたか) | PG-829 | 11 December 2002 | 8 August 2003 | 24 March 2004 | Active |