List of Japan Coast Guard vessels and aircraft

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List of Japan Coast Guard vessels and aircraft.{{cite web |title=Maritime Security Report 2020 |url=https://www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/info/books/report2020/html/top.html |website=kaiho.mlit.go.jp |access-date=14 June 2021}}{{cite journal |last1=Samuels |first1=Richard J. |title=Japan's Growing Maritime Capabilities and East Asian Security |journal=International Security |date=2007 |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=84–112 |doi=10.1162/isec.2008.32.3.84 |jstor=30130519 |s2cid=57568630 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30130519|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news |title=Japan boosts coast guard fleet to defend disputed East China Sea islands |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/22/japan-boosts-coast-guard-fleet-to-defend-disputed-east-china-sea-islands |work=The Guardian |date=21 Dec 2016 |ref=Boost}}{{cite news |last1=Gain |first1=Nathan |title=Shunkō Large Patrol Vessel Handed Over To Japan Coast Guard |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/02/shunko-large-patrol-vessel-handed-over-to-japan-coast-guard/ |access-date=14 June 2021 |publisher=Naval News |date=5 Feb 2020}}{{cite web |title=JMU DELIVERS 96-METRE PATROL VESSEL TO JAPAN COAST GUARD |url=https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/non-naval/jmu-delivers-96-metre-patrol-vessel-to-japan-coast-guard/ |website=Baird Maritime |date=25 May 2020 |access-date=14 June 2021}}

Fleet

=PLH (Patrol Vessel Large With Helicopter)=

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File:PL31.jpg

File:Japan Coast Guard ship PLH-22.jpg

  • 2 Helicopter class
  • Shunkō class (ja)
  • {{sclass|Shikishima|patrol vessel|4}}
  • {{sclass|Mizuho|patrol vessel|4}}
  • 1 Helicopter class
  • Reimei class (Modified Shikishima class)
  • {{sclass|Tsugaru|patrol vessel|4}}
  • Ryūkyū class (Modified Tsugaru class)
  • Soya class (ja)

=PL (Patrol Vessel Large)=

File:JCG-Ishigaki-PL62.jpg

  • 3500 t class
  • Miyako class (ja)
  • Izu class (ja)
  • 2000 t class
  • {{sclass|Hida|patrol vessel|4}}
  • 1000 t class
  • {{sclass|Kunigami|patrol vessel|4}} (Kunisaki class)
  • {{sclass|Iwami|patrol vessel|4}}
  • {{sclass|Hateruma|patrol vessel|4}}
  • {{sclass|Aso|patrol vessel|4}}
  • Nojima class (Oki, ex Nojima (PL-01), transferred to Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency as KM Arau)
  • {{sclass|Ojika|patrol vessel|4}} (modified Nojima class) (PL-02 transferred to Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency as KM Pekan)
  • {{sclass|Shiretoko|patrol vessel|4}}

==Training role==

=PM (Patrol Vessel Medium)=

File:Japan Coast Guard Cutter KATORI(PM51) 2.jpg

  • 500 t class
  • Katori class (ja)
  • Teshio (PM 15) (ja)
  • Teshio class (Natsui class)
  • 350 t class
  • Tokara class
  • Amami class
  • Takatori class

=PS (Patrol Vessel Small)=

File:Japan Coast Guard Patrol Vessel Small PS202 Hotaka.jpg

  • 220 t class
  • {{sclass|Tsurugi|patrol vessel|4}}
  • 180 t class
  • Bizan class (Raizan class)
  • Mihashi class (Shinzan class)
  • Shimoji class
  • 130 t class
  • Takatsuki class (ja)

=PC (Patrol Craft)=

  • 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

File:Japanese Coast Guard vessel PC33 urayuki.jpg

=CL (Craft Large)=

  • 20 m class
  • Suzukaze class (ja) (Himegiku class)
  • Hayagiku class
  • Shiraume class
  • 15 m class
  • Nadakaze class
  • Isokaze class

=FL (Fire fighting boat Large)=

=FM (Fire fighting boat Medium)=

  • Nunobiki class

=GS (Guard Boat Small)=

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

=SS (Surveillance Service Small)=

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

=MS (Monitoring Boat Small)=

  • Katsuren
  • Saikai
  • Kinugasa

=HL (Hydrographic Survey Vessel Large)=

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  • Heiyō class (2nd) (ja)
  • Shōyō (2nd)
  • Meiyō class (2nd)
  • Tenyō (2nd)
  • Takuyō (2nd)
  • Shōyō (1st)
  • Meiyō (1st)
  • Takuyō (1st)

=HM (Hydrographic Survey Vessel Medium)=

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

=HS (Hydrographic Survey Vessel Small)=

File:HS-31.jpg

  • 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)=

  • Hakuun class

=LS (Light-House Service Vessel Small)=

  • Akihikari class
  • Hatsuhikari class

=TV (Training Vessel)=

  • CI class
  • Aoba class

Aircraft inventory

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! style="text-align: left;"|Aircraft

! style="text-align: left;"|Origin

! style="text-align: left;"|Type

! style="text-align: left;"|Versions

! style="text-align: left;"|In service"World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 15, 2007.

! style="text-align: left;"|Notes

Beechcraft Super King Air{{USA}}Patrol
Transport
King Air 200T
King Air 350
1
9
Bombardier Dash 8{{CAN}}Maritime surveillanceDHC-8-3158One Bombardier Dash 8 was lost during a collision at Haneda Airport, Tokyo on 2 January 2024
Cessna 206 Stationair{{USA}}UtilityU206G1
Dassault Falcon 900{{FRA}}Maritime surveillance, search and rescue2
Gulfstream V{{USA}}VIP transport2
Saab 340{{SWE}}TransportSF 340B4
AgustaWestland AW139{{ITA}}SARAW1391410 ordered
Bell 206 JetRanger{{USA}}Utility helicopter206B3
Bell 212 Twin Huey{{USA}}Transport helicopter16
Bell 412{{USA}}Transport helicopter5
Bell 505{{USA}}Utility helicopter5054{{Harvnb|Frain|2018|pp=58–59}}
Eurocopter Super Puma{{FRA}}SARAS 332L12
Eurocopter EC225/Airbus Helicopters H225{{FRA}}SAREC 225/H22511{{cite press release|url=https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2019/03/japan-coast-guard-expands-super-puma-fleet-with-additional-h225-order.html|title=Japan Coast Guard expands Super Puma fleet with additional H225 order|publisher=Airbus|date=6 March 2019|access-date=7 March 2019}}
Sikorsky S-76{{USA}}SARS-76C
S-76D
3
0

11 ordered
General Atomics MQ-9B SeaGuardian{{USA}}Maritime surveillanceMQ-9BTBAOperation start in October 2022{{cite press release|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/civil-uavs/japan-coast-guard-to-start-mq-9b-operations-in-october/148182.article|title=Japan Coast Guard to start MQ-9B operations in October|publisher=FlightGlobal|date=7 April 2022|access-date=13 April 2022}}

References

{{Reflist|2}}

  • {{cite magazine| last = Frain |first = Ian |title = Jet Ranger X |magazine = Air International |date = December 2018 |volume = 95 |issue = 6 |pages=56–59 |issn= 0306-5634 }}
  • {{cite web|title=List of equipment of Japan Coast Guard|url=https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/海上保安庁の装備品一覧|website=Wikipedia Japan|access-date=14 June 2021}}

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