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

Fleet

PLH (Patrol Vessel Large With Helicopter)

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)

JCG Ishigaki (PL62) patrolling the Yaeyama Islands

Training role

PM (Patrol Vessel Medium)

JGC Katori (PM51) sailing off Chiba

PS (Patrol Vessel Small)

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)

  • 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)

  • 20 m 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)

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)

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

HS (Hydrographic Survey Vessel Small)

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)

  • Hakuun class

LS (Light-House Service Vessel Small)

  • Akihikari class
  • Hatsuhikari class

TV (Training Vessel)

  • CI class
  • Aoba class

Aircraft inventory

Aircraft Origin Type Versions In service[6] Notes
Beechcraft Super King Air United StatesPatrol
Transport
King Air 200T
King Air 350
1
9
Bombardier Dash 8 CanadaMaritime surveillanceDHC-8-3158One Bombardier Dash 8 was lost during a collision at Haneda Airport, Tokyo on 2 January 2024
Cessna 206 Stationair United StatesUtilityU206G1
Dassault Falcon 900 FranceMaritime surveillance, search and rescue2
Gulfstream V United StatesVIP transport2
Saab 340 SwedenTransportSF 340B4
AgustaWestland AW139 ItalySARAW1391410 ordered
Bell 206 JetRanger United StatesUtility helicopter206B3
Bell 212 Twin Huey United StatesTransport helicopter16
Bell 412 United StatesTransport helicopter5
Bell 505 United StatesUtility helicopter5054[7]
Eurocopter Super Puma FranceSARAS 332L12
Eurocopter EC225/Airbus Helicopters H225 FranceSAREC 225/H22511[8]
Sikorsky S-76 United StatesSARS-76C
S-76D
3
0

11 ordered
General Atomics MQ-9B SeaGuardian United StatesMaritime surveillanceMQ-9BTBAOperation start in October 2022[9]

References

  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. 1 2 Gain, Nathan (5 Feb 2020). "Shunkō Large Patrol Vessel Handed Over To Japan Coast Guard". Naval News. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 "JMU DELIVERS 96-METRE PATROL VESSEL TO JAPAN COAST GUARD". Baird Maritime. 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.
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