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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

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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).