JDS Ayanami

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Ayanami.

JDS Ayanami
History
Japan
Name	Ayanami (あやなみ)
Namesake	Ayanami (1929)
Ordered	1955
Builder	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down	20 November 1956
Launched	1 June 1957
Commissioned	12 February 1958
Decommissioned	25 December 1986
Reclassified	ASU-7004
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: DD-103
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Ayanami-class destroyer
Displacement	1,720 t (1,690 long tons) standard 2,500 t (2,500 long tons) full load
Length	109 m (358 ft)
Beam	10.7 m (35 ft)
Depth	8.1 m (26 ft 7 in)
Complement	220
Armament	6 × 3"/50 caliber Mk.22 guns 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 2 × ASW torpedo racks 2 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortars 2 × DCT (K-guns)

JDS Ayanami (DD-103) was the lead ship of Ayanami-class destroyers.

Construction and career

Ayanami was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard on 20 November 1956 and launched on 1 June 1957. She was commissioned on 12 February 1958. ^[1]

On March 16, 1958, she was transferred to the 8th Escort Corps, which was newly formed under the control of the Yokosuka District Force, together with JDS Uranami. Since August of the same year, she has participated in the second Maritime Self-Defense Force practicing voyage.

She also participated in the 5th practicing voyage in 1961 and the 12th pelagic practice voyage in 1968.

On October 25, 1958, the 8th Escort Corps was reorganized under the 1st Escort Corps group.

On April 1, 1959, she was transferred to the 9th Escort Corps, which was newly formed under the 1st Escort Corps group, together with JDS Uranami.

During the special repair work from 1962 to 1963, the equipment was modernized, and the unequipped radio wave detector (ESM) NORL-1 was put in the back. Replaced equipment and search sonar with OQS-12 and attack sonar with OQY-2.

In July 1965, two depth charge projectors on the rear deck and two depth charge drop rails were removed, and equipped with Variable Depth Sonar (VDS) OQA-1.

On March 15, 1969, the 9th Escort Corps was reorganized under the 3rd Escort Corps group.

In 1970, the short torpedo launcher was removed, and work was carried out to strengthen the anti-submarine attack capability with two 68-type triple short torpedo launchers.

On February 1, 1971, the 9th Escort Corps was reorganized under the 4th Escort Corps, which was newly formed under the escort fleet.

On October 19, 1979, the Norwegian cargo ship Berge Oder moved northward in Tokyo Bay while typhoon No. 20 was evacuating off Kisarazu, about 16 km north of Futtsu Misaki. She broke 2 meters wide and 10 meters long 2 meters above the waterline on the side, but her crew was not damaged and returned to Yokosuka base on her own.

On March 30, 1983, she was changed to a special service ship and her ship registration number was changed to ASU-7004. She was transferred to the Kure District Force as a ship under direct control and her fixed port was transferred to Kure. In addition, she removed the 4-unit long torpedo launcher and VDS during the renovation work to the special service ship.

Removed from the register on December 25, 1986. In her 28-year history, she has sailed 600,000 nautical miles, equivalent to 28 laps of the globe. ^{[2] [3]}

Gallery

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  JDS Ayanami model
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  JDS Ayanami model

Citations

1. World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History. Gaijinsha. 2004.
2. World Ships Special Edition 63rd Vol. 12 Ships that Colored the History of Self Defense Ships. Gaijinsha. 2003.
3. Takao, Ishibashi (2002). All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002. Namiki Shobo.