The Japan Coast Guard ship Yashima (PLH-22) will be arriving
at Manila South Harbor
She will be welcomed by officers and enlisted personnel of
the Philippine Coast Guard.
The Yashima is one of the Shikishima class patrol ships of
the JCG. The vessels were built by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Tokyo.
Planned to guard plutonium transport ships, the Shikishima
class is the largest and heaviest-equipped patrol vessel of the JCG.
With her cruising capacity, she can make voyages from Japan to Europe
without making any calls.
The Yashima was commissioned on Dec. 1, 1988. She has a
gross tonnage of 5,204 tons and measures 130 meters in length and has a width
of 15.50 meters.
The ship has a molded draft of 6.50 meters and a complement
of 130 officers and ratings. She is armed with a 35mm auto-cannon and a 20mm
Vulcan cannon.
She is also equipped with a Bell
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