Kasado-class minesweeper

	JDS Tatara
Class overview
Name	Kasado
Builders	NKK, Keihin; Hitachi, Kanagawa;
Preceded by	Yashiro class
Succeeded by	Takami class
Built	1957-1967
In commission	1958-1990
Planned	26
Completed	26
Retired	26
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	340 t (330 long tons) standard; 360 t (350 long tons) full load;
Length	45.5 m (149 ft 3 in)
Beam	8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
Draft	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Depth	3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 × Mitsubishi YV10Z 15/20 diesel electric engines; 2 × shafts;
Speed	14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	39
Sensors and ; processing systems	(Kasado and Shisaka); OPS-3 surface-search radar; (Kanawa until Rebun); OPS-4D surface-search radar; (Amami until Katsura); ZQS-1 sonar; Oropesa;
Armament	1 × single Oerlikon 20mm gun

The Kasado class is a class of coastal minesweepers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

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