Patrol ship ECHIGO ran aground at around 0635 Tokyo time Jan 18 off Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Honshu, Japan sea. Circumstances unclear, ship’s at stb anchor, it is said that she struck a reef. Struck while under way or drifted onto reef?
Tsugaru-class patrol ship ECHIGO, displacement 4037, commissioned 1990, complement 69, armament guns.
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