List of Japan Coast Guard vessels and aircraft

List of Japan Coast Guard vessels and aircraft.[1][2][3][4][5]

Fleet

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PLH (Patrol Vessel Large With Helicopter)

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JCG Akitsushima (PLH-32) in the van during the 2018 fleet review
 
Shikishima (PLH 31) berthed in Yokohama harbour
 
JCG Yashima (PLH 22) with USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11) in Seattle

PL (Patrol Vessel Large)

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JCG Ishigaki (PL62) patrolling the Yaeyama Islands

Training role

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PM (Patrol Vessel Medium)

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JGC Katori (PM51) sailing off Chiba

PS (Patrol Vessel Small)

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JGC Hotaka (PS 202) in the Sea of Japan
  • 220 t class
  • 180 t class
    • Bizan class (Raizan class)
    • Mihashi class (Shinzan class)
    • Shimoji class
  • 130 t class

PC (Patrol Craft)

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  • 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
 
JGC Urayuki (PC 33) demonstrating her LED message panel

CL (Craft Large)

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  • 20 m class
  • 15 m class
    • Nadakaze class
    • Isokaze class

FL (Fire fighting boat Large)

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FM (Fire fighting boat Medium)

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  • Nunobiki class

GS (Guard Boat Small)

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  • Sagittarius class (Hayate class 2nd)
  • Hayate class

SS (Surveillance Service Small)

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  • Lynx class
  • Polaris class
  • Orion class (2nd)
  • Southern Cross class (Polaris class)
  • Orion class (1st)

MS (Monitoring Boat Small)

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  • Katsuren
  • Saikai
  • Kinugasa

HL (Hydrographic Survey Vessel Large)

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JCG Heiyō (HL 11) hydrographic survey ship
  • Heiyō class (2nd) (ja)
  • Shōyō (2nd)
  • Meiyō class (2nd)
  • Tenyō (2nd)
  • Takuyō (2nd)
  • Shōyō (1st)
  • Meiyō (1st)
  • Takuyō (1st)

HM (Hydrographic Survey Vessel Medium)

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  • Kaiyō (1st)
  • Tenyō (1st)
  • Heiyō (1st)

HS (Hydrographic Survey Vessel Small)

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JCG Hamashio (HS 31) in Tokyo Bay
  • 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)

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  • Hakuun class

LS (Light-House Service Vessel Small)

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  • Akihikari class
  • Hatsuhikari class

TV (Training Vessel)

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  • CI class
  • Aoba class

Aircraft inventory

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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

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  1. ^ "Maritime Security Report 2020". kaiho.mlit.go.jp. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Japan boosts coast guard fleet to defend disputed East China Sea islands". The Guardian. 21 Dec 2016.
  4. ^ a b Gain, Nathan (5 Feb 2020). "Shunkō Large Patrol Vessel Handed Over To Japan Coast Guard". Naval News. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b "JMU DELIVERS 96-METRE PATROL VESSEL TO JAPAN COAST GUARD". Baird Maritime. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  6. ^ "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 15, 2007.
  7. ^ Frain 2018, pp. 58–59
  8. ^ "Japan Coast Guard expands Super Puma fleet with additional H225 order" (Press release). Airbus. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Japan Coast Guard to start MQ-9B operations in October" (Press release). FlightGlobal. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.