JDS Erimo
History
Japan
Name
  • Erimo
  • (えりも)
NamesakeErimo
Ordered1953
BuilderUDC, Uraga
Laid down10 December 1954
Launched12 July 1955
Commissioned28 December 1955
Decommissioned27 March 1982
ReclassifiedYAS-69
HomeportKure
IdentificationPennant number: AMC-491
FateUnknown
Class overview
Preceded byN/A
Succeeded bySōya class
General characteristics
TypeMinesweeper
Displacement
Length66 m (216 ft 6 in)
Beam7.9 m (25 ft 11 in)
Draft2.64 m (8 ft 8 in)
Depth4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
Speed18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement85
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament

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

Construction and career

Erimo was laid down on 10 December 1954 and launched on 12 July 1955 by Uraga Dock Company Uraga Shipyard. She was commissioned on 28 December 1955 and was homeported in Yokosuka under the Mine Warfare Force.[1][2]

She joined the Kure District Force on June 1, 1958.

She joined the 1st Mine Warfare Force on May 1, 1960, in Kure.

She joined the 2nd Mine Warfare Force on September 1, 1961, in Yokosuka.

She returned to the 1st Mine Warfare Force on March 15, 1969.

On March 31, 1976, she was reclassified as an auxiliary vessel, her registration number was changed to YAS-69, and she became the mother ship of the Explosive Ordnance Corps belonging to the Kure. When she was reclassified into an auxiliary vessel, she was equipped with a soft-ball submersible, and the mine-loading hoist and part of the minelaying rails were removed. In addition, the mine-mounted crane in the center was removed and replaced by a new diving instrument.

She was decommissioned on March 27, 1982. Her mileage since her commissioning until removal was about 720,000 kilometers.[3]

Citations

  1. ↑ Ishibashi, Takao (2002). All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002. Namiki Shobo.
  2. ↑ World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History. Gaijinsha. 2004.
  3. ↑ News Flash, Ships of the World. Vol. 309. Gaijinsha. July 1982. p. 118.
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