NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
ЭК-34 [EK-34] (ex-第105号海防艦 [105-go])			Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan	1945	1.1946	4.1946 // 5.7.1947	target 7.1948
ЭК-35 [EK-35] (ex-第227号海防艦 [227-go])			Niigata Zosen, Niigata, Japan		1945	6.1945 // 5.7.1947	target 7.1948
ЭК-39 [EK-39] (ex-第79号海防艦 [79-go])			Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan		1945	7.1945 // 29.7.1947	target 7.1948
ЭК-40 [EK-40] (ex-第221号海防艦 [221-go])			Niigata Zosen, Niigata, Japan		1945	4.1945 // 20.7.1947	target 7.1948
ЭК-43 [EK-43] (ex-第71号海防艦 [71-go])			Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan		1945	5.1945 // 28.8.1947	survey vessel 7.1948
ЭК-45 [EK-45] (ex-第77号海防艦 [77-go])			Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan		1945	3.1945 // 28.8.1947	target 7.1948

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	745
Displacement full, t	810
Length, m	63.0 pp 66.0 wl 67.5 oa
Breadth, m	8.40
Draught, m	2.90
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 diesels
Power, h. p.	1900
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	6500(14)
Armament	2 x 1 - 120/45 10-shiki, 2 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 4 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 x 1 - 81/12 ASW mortar, 12 DCT (120)
Electronic equipment	2-shiki 2-go radar, 93-shiki sonar, 93-shiki hydrophone
Complement	136

Standard scale images

Project history

Japanese C class escorts transferred by reparations.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.