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Japan Coast Guard unveils high-speed patrol boat

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Coast Guard on Feb. 22 unveiled the Tsurugi, the first of three high-speed patrol boats the government commissioned after Japanese warships and coast guard vessels failed to stop a North Korean spy ship following a chase at sea in 1999. The 220-ton, 50-meter-long vessel, displayed to the press at Tokyo Bay off Haneda, is equipped with three engines and is capable of a top speed of more than 40 knots or some 74 kilometers per hour.

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High-speed, anti-spy patrol boat

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A high-speed, anti-spy patrol boat built by Hitachi Zosen Corp. for the Japan Coast Guard is launched in a ceremony at Hitachi's Kanagawa shipyard in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 9. The 220-ton, 50-meter-long vessel with a top speed of more than 40 knots has been christened Tsurugi. It will be deployed in February at the Niigata Coast Guard office.

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High-speed, anti-spy patrol boat

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A high-speed, anti-spy patrol boat built by Hitachi Zosen Corp. for the Japan Coast Guard is launched in a ceremony at Hitachi's Kanagawa shipyard in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 9. The 220-ton, 50-meter-long vessel with a top speed of more than 40 knots has been christened Tsurugi. It will be deployed in February at the Niigata Coast Guard office.