JDS Asagumo

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JDS Asagumo
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Asagumo
  • (あさぐも)
Namesake Asagumo (1937)
Ordered1964
Builder Hitachi, Maizuru
Laid down24 June 1965
Launched25 November 1966
Commissioned29 August 1967
Decommissioned23 March 1998
ReclassifiedASU-7018
Homeport Kure
Identification Pennant number: DD-115
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and type Yamagumo-class destroyer
Displacement2,050 long tons (2,083 t) standard
Length114.0 m (374 ft 0 in) overall
Beam11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Draft3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Mitsui 1228 V3 BU-38V diesels
  • 2 × Mitsui 1628 V3 BU-38V diesels
  • 2 shafts, 26,000 bhp
Speed27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Range6,000  nmi (11,000 km)
Complement210
Sensors and
processing systems		AN/SQS-23
Electronic warfare
& decoys		NOLR-1B
Armament

JDS Asagumo (DD-115) was the third ship of Yamagumo-class destroyers.

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Construction and career

Asagumo was laid down at Hitachi Zosen Corporation Maizuru Shipyard on 24 June 1965 and launched on 25 November 1966. She was commissioned on 29 August 1967. [1]

On 25 November 1972, the 23rd Escort Corps was newly formed under the 2nd Escort Corps group, and was incorporated with JDS Aokumo commissioned on the same day.[ citation needed ]

On 27 March 1982, she was transferred to the 21st Escort Corps of the 3rd Escort Corps. In the same year, she participated in a practicing voyage to the ocean.[ citation needed ]

On 20 February 1987, the 21st Escort Corps was reorganized under the Sasebo District Force.[ citation needed ]

On 15 March 1991, she was transferred to the 22nd Kure District Force Escort Corps, and her home port was also transferred to Kure.[ citation needed ]

On 18 October 1993, she was reclassified as a special service ship and her registration number was changed to ASU-7018. She was transferred to the 1st Submarine Group as a ship under direct control. In addition, she was remodeled into a special service ship, and a collection facility for training torpedoes was set up in the central part of her port side.[ citation needed ]

Removed from the register on 24 March 1998. [2] [3]

Citations

  1. ↑ World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History. Gaijinsha. 2004.
  2. ↑ Ships of the World Vol. 750. Gaijinsha. November 2011.
  3. ↑ Takao, Ishibashi (2002). All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002. Namiki Shobo.

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