JDS Erimo

	JDS Erimo
History
Japan
Name	Erimo; (えりも);
Namesake	Erimo
Ordered	1953
Builder	UDC, Uraga
Laid down	10 December 1954
Launched	12 July 1955
Commissioned	28 December 1955
Decommissioned	27 March 1982
Reclassified	YAS-69
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: AMC-491
Fate	Unknown
Class overview
Preceded by	N/A
Succeeded by	Sōya class
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	634 t (624 long tons) standard; 700 t (690 long tons) full load;
Length	66 m (216 ft 6 in)
Beam	7.9 m (25 ft 11 in)
Draft	2.64 m (8 ft 8 in)
Depth	4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × Sasebo 5LKT42 / 56 diesel electric engines; 2 × shafts;
Speed	18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	85
Sensors &; processing systems	AN/SPS-5 surface-search radar; Mark 51 fire control system;
Armament	1 × twin Oerlikon 40mm gun; 2 × single Oerlikon 20mm guns; 1 × Hedgehog; 2 × K cannons;

Name

Erimo
(えりも)

NamesakeErimo

Ordered1953

BuilderUDC, Uraga

JDS Erimo (AMC-491) was a minelayer of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the mid-1950s.

v t e Combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
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Helicopter Destroyer (DDH) Aircraft Carrier (CVM)	Haruna Shirane Hyūga Izumo
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Destroyer (DD)	Asakaze (Gleaves) Ariake (Fletcher) Harukaze Akizuki (1959) Hatsuyuki Asagiri Murasame (1994) Takanami Akizuki (2010) Asahi
All Purpose Destroyer (DDA)	Murasame (1958) Takatsuki
Anti Submarine Destroyer (DDK)	Ayanami Yamagumo Minegumo
Destroyer Escort (DE)	Wakaba (Matsu) Asahi (Cannon) Akebono Ikazuchi Isuzu Chikugo Ishikari Yūbari Abukuma
Frigate Multi-Purpose/Mine (FFM)	Mogami New FFM
Patrol Frigate (PF)	Kusu (Tacoma)
Submarine (SS)	Kuroshio (Gato) Oyashio (1959) Hayashio Natsushio Ōshio Asashio Uzushio Yūshio Harushio Oyashio (1996) Sōryū Taigei
Ocean Minehunters/Minesweepers (MHS)	Yaeyama Awaji
Minesweeper Tenders (MST)	Nasami Miho Hayatomo Hayase Uraga
Minelayers (MMC)	Erimo Sōya
Coastal Minehunters/Minesweepers (MHC/MSC)	Ujishima Atada Yashiro Kasado Takami Hatsushima Uwajima Sugashima Harishima Enoshima
Amphibious Warfare (LST/LCU)	Ōsumi (LST-542) Atsumi Miura Yura LCU-2001 Ōsumi
Diving Support Vessel (YDT)	YDT-01
Cable Laying Ship (ARC)	Tsugaru Muroto (1979) Muroto (2012)
Yacht (ASY)	Hashidate
Research Ship (AGS/AOS)	Akashi (1969) Futami Hibiki Nichinan Shōnan Akashi (2025)
Replenishment Ship (AO/AOE)	Hamana Sagami Towada Mashū
Patrol boat (PG)	PG 01 (Sparviero) Hayabusa
Submarine chaser (PC)	Kari Kamome Hayabusa Umitaka Mizutori
Training ship (TV/ATS/TSS)	Azuma Hatsuyuki Hatakaze Oyashio Kurobe Tenryū Kashima
Submarine rescue ship (ASR/AS)	Chihaya (1960) Fushimi Chiyoda (1983) Chihaya (1998) Chiyoda (2016)
Experimental ship (ASE)	Kurihama Asuka
Icebreaker (AGB)	Fuji Shirase (1981) Shirase (2008)
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JDS Erimo




Japan
Name	Erimo (えりも)
Namesake	Erimo
Ordered	1953
Builder	UDC, Uraga
Laid down	10 December 1954
Launched	12 July 1955
Commissioned	28 December 1955
Decommissioned	27 March 1982
Reclassified	YAS-69
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: AMC-491
Fate	Unknown


Class overview
Preceded by	N/A
Succeeded by	Sōya class


General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	634 t (624 long tons) standard 700 t (690 long tons) full load
Length	66 m (216 ft 6 in)
Beam	7.9 m (25 ft 11 in)
Draft	2.64 m (8 ft 8 in)
Depth	4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × Sasebo 5LKT42 / 56 diesel electric engines 2 × shafts
Speed	18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	85
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPS-5 surface-search radar Mark 51 fire control system
Armament	1 × twin Oerlikon 40mm gun 2 × single Oerlikon 20mm guns 1 × Hedgehog 2 × K cannons