page_title: Lerici-class minehunter
section_title: Katanpää class
hierarchical_section_title: Lerici-class minehunter / Derivatives / Katanpää class
caption_attribution_description: English: Finnish coastal mine hunter Katanpää (40) in Särkänsalmi strait on the morning after the Finnish navy 2012 anniversary parade. Suomi: Miinantorjunta-alus Katanpää (40) Särkänsalmessa merivoimien vuosipäivää 2012 seuraavana aamuna.
context_page_description: The Lerici class is a class of minehunters constructed by Intermarine SpA and owned and operated by the Italian Navy. The class incorporates two subclasses: the first four ships are referred to specifically as the first series of the Lerici class, while eight more ships produced to a slightly modified design are known as "second series Lericis" or as the Gaeta class.
  The class design has also been used as the basis for ships of the Royal Malaysian Navy, the Nigerian Navy, the United States Navy, the Royal Australian Navy, and the Royal Thai Navy. Three updated vessels are under construction for the Finnish Navy. The Republic of Korea Navy operates an unlicensed derivative, known as the Ganggyeong class.
context_section_description: In 2004, the Finnish Navy began to look at replacements for the Kuha class minesweepers, which had been in service since 1974. On 23 November 2006, a contract was signed with Intermarine to build three mine countermeasures vessels (initially referred to as the MCMV 2010 class, then as the MITO class).
  The MITOs are based on the Huon class design, but with a redesigned superstructure.
caption: Lead ship Katanpää underway in the Särkänsalmi strait in 2012
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