List of Japan Coast Guard vessels and aircraft

List of Japan Coast Guard vessels and aircraft.

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

• 2 Helicopter class
  • Shunkō class (ja)
  • Shikishima class
  • Mizuho class
• 1 Helicopter class
  • Reimei class (Modified Shikishima class)
  • Tsugaru class
    • Ryūkyū class (Modified Tsugaru class)
  • Soya class (ja)

PL (Patrol Vessel Large)

JCG Ishigaki (PL62) patrolling the Yaeyama Islands

• 3500 t class
  • Miyako class (ja)
  • Izu class (ja)
• 2000 t class
  • Hida class
• 1000 t class
  • Kunigami class (Kunisaki class)
  • Iwami class
  • Hateruma class
  • Aso class
  • Nojima class (Oki, ex Nojima (PL-01), transferred to Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency as KM Arau)
  • Ojika class (modified Nojima class) (PL-02 transferred to Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency as KM Pekan)
  • Shiretoko class

Training role

• 3000 t class
  • Kojima (3rd) (ja)
  • Miura
  • Okoyama
• 1100 t class
  • Kojima (2nd) (ja)

PM (Patrol Vessel Medium)

JGC Katori (PM51) sailing off Chiba

• 500 t class
  • Katori class (ja)
  • Teshio (PM 15) (ja)
  • Teshio class (Natsui class)
• 350 t class
  • Tokara class
  • Amami class
  • Takatori class

PS (Patrol Vessel Small)

JGC Hotaka (PS 202) in the Sea of Japan

• 220 t class
  • Tsurugi class
• 180 t class
  • Bizan class (Raizan class)
  • Mihashi class (Shinzan class)
  • Shimoji class
• 130 t class
  • Takatsuki class (ja)

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

• • Kotonami class (ja)
  • Natsugiri class
  • Shimagiri class
  • Akizuki class

CL (Craft Large)

• 20 m class
  • Suzukaze class (ja) (Himegiku class)
  • Hayagiku class
  • Shiraume class
• 15 m class
  • Nadakaze class
  • Isokaze class

FL (Fire fighting boat Large)

• Hiryū class (2nd) (ja)
• Hiryū class (1st)

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	Notes
Beechcraft Super King Air	United States	Patrol Transport	King Air 200T King Air 350	1 9
Bombardier Dash 8	Canada	Maritime surveillance	DHC-8-315	8	One Bombardier Dash 8 was lost during a collision at Haneda Airport, Tokyo on 2 January 2024
Cessna 206 Stationair	United States	Utility	U206G	1
Dassault Falcon 900	France	Maritime surveillance, search and rescue		2
Gulfstream V	United States	VIP transport		2
Saab 340	Sweden	Transport	SF 340B	4
AgustaWestland AW139	Italy	SAR	AW139	14	10 ordered
Bell 206 JetRanger	United States	Utility helicopter	206B	3
Bell 212 Twin Huey	United States	Transport helicopter		16
Bell 412	United States	Transport helicopter		5
Bell 505	United States	Utility helicopter	505	4
Eurocopter Super Puma	France	SAR	AS 332L1	2
Eurocopter EC225/Airbus Helicopters H225	France	SAR	EC 225/H225	11
Sikorsky S-76	United States	SAR	S-76C S-76D	3 0	11 ordered
General Atomics MQ-9B SeaGuardian	United States	Maritime surveillance	MQ-9B	TBA	Operation start in October 2022

References

• Frain, Ian (December 2018). "Jet Ranger X". Air International. Vol. 95, no. 6. pp. 56–59. ISSN 0306-5634.
• "List of equipment of Japan Coast Guard". Wikipedia Japan. Retrieved 14 June 2021.