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 &; 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

Class overview
JDS Tatara
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 & 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