SAIHYOKAN

ODOMARI Class Survey Vessel

ODOMARI was purpose-built and equipped as the first Japanese naval icebreaker. She performed icebreaking and fisheries protection services. She survived the war and was finally broken up at Tsurumi in 1949.

Builder and Year Completed: Kawasaki, Kobe. 1921
Displacement: 2,330-tons.
Dimensions: 211'' x 50' x 18'4"'
Propulsion: 2-shafts, 5 boilers, 3 straight 3-cylinder reciprocating engines 4,230-hp two-stage expansion (2 axis), 14 knots.
Ice-breaking capacity : 2 meters.
Armament: 1-7.6cm /40cal gun, 2-25mm AA, 2-13.2mm AA, DCs