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MINEGUMO escort destroyers (1968 - 1970)


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Natsugumo 1972

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
みねぐも [Minegumo] DD116, 8.1995- TV3508   Mitsui, Tamano 14.3.1967 16.12.1967 31.8.1968 TS 8.1995, stricken 3.1999
なつぐも [Natsugumo] DD117, 8.1995- TV3509   Uraga, Yokosuka 26.6.1967 25.7.1968 25.4.1969 TS 8.1995, stricken 3.1999
むらくも [Murakumo] DD118, 3.1998- TV3511   Maizuru HI 19.10.1968 15.11.1969 21.8.1970 TS 3.1998, stricken 6.2000


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

2100

Displacement full, t

2750

Length, m

114.9

Breadth, m

11.8

Draught, m

3.80 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

6 Mitsubishi IZUEV30/40 diesels

Power, h. p.

26500

Max speed, kts

27

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)7000(20)
Armament

2 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 4 - 375 Type 71 ASWRL, 2 DASH drone helicopters

Electronic equipment

DD116, 117: OPS-11B, OPS-17, SPG-34 radars, OQS-3 sonar, NOLR-5 ECM suite

DD118: OPS-11B, OPS-17, SPG-34 radars, OQS-3, SQS-35(J) sonars, NOLR-5 ECM suite

Complement

205



Standard scale images


<i>Minegumo </i>1980
Minegumo 1980
<i>Murakumo </i>1980
Murakumo 1980


Graphics


<i>Murakumo </i>1980
Murakumo 1980
<i>Natsugumo </i>1972
Natsugumo 1972


Project history

This class paralleled the Yamagumo DDKs, substituting DASH for ASROC; the DASH system was a failure and was no longer carried.

Modernizations

1978, Murakumo: - 1 x 2 - 76/50, 2 DASH helicopters, hangar, helodeck; + 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (8 RUR-5A), 1 x 1 - 76/62 Mk 75

1981-1982, Minegumo, Natsugumo: - 2 DASH helicopters, hangar, helodeck, SPG-34 radar; + 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (8 RUR-5A), FC-2-12B radar

Naval service

All three ships were transferred to Fleet Training and Development Command as Training Vessels (TV).