SOYA (PLH-01) class
Country of Origin: Japan
ship list
1 SOYA-class HIGH-ENDURANCE CUTTER Name Pendant No. Launched Commissioned Status SOYA PLH-01 July 3, 1978 Nov. 22, 1978 Active
description
The SOYA was the first helicopter-carrying cutter to be built for the Japanese coast guard. This ship is sometimes grouped with the seven TSUGARU-class cutters (PLH-02/08) and does resemble them, but the SOYA is shorter and beamier and is fitted with an ice-breaking bow. Reclassified from PL to PLH on Dec. 13,...
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