JDS Yamagumo

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

JDS Yamagumo
History
Japan
Name:	Yamagumo (やまぐも)
Namesake:	Yamagumo (1937)
Ordered:	1962
Builder:	Mitsui, Tamano
Laid down:	23 March 1964
Launched:	27 February 1965
Commissioned:	29 January 1966
Decommissioned:	1 August 1995
Reclassified:	TV-3506
Homeport:	Sasebo
Identification:	Pennant number: DD-113
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type:	Yamagumo-class destroyer
Displacement:	2,050 long tons (2,083 t) standard
Length:	114.0 m (374 ft 0 in) overall
Beam:	11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Draft:	3.9 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
Speed:	27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Range:	6,000  nmi (11,000 km)
Complement:	210
Sensors and processing systems:	AN/SQS-23
Electronic warfare & decoys:	NOLR-1B
Armament:	4 × Mk.33 3"/50 caliber guns 1 × ASROC anti-submarine rocket system 1 × Bofors 375 mm (15 in) ASW rocket launcher 2 × HOS-301 triple 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes

JDS Yamagumo (DD-113) was the lead ship of Yamagumo-class destroyers.

Construction and career

Yamagumo was laid down at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Tamano Shipyard on 23 March 1964 and launched on 27 February 1965. She was commissioned on 29 January 1966. ^[1]

On March 19, 1966, the 21st Escort Corps was newly formed under the 2nd Escort Corps group, and was incorporated with JDS Makigumo commissioned on the same day.

She participated in three practicing voyages in the ocean in 1971, 1975 and 1981.

On December 1, 1977, the 21st Escort Corps was reorganized under the 3rd Escort Corps group. On February 20, 1987, the 21st Escort Corps was reorganized under the Sasebo District Force.

On June 20, 1991, she was reclassified as a training vessel and her registration number changed to TV-3506.

She was transferred to the 1st Training Squadron and her home port was transferred to Kure. In addition, the remodeling work to a training ship was carried out from June 28 to October 24 of the same year, the ASROC launcher was used as a trainee auditorium (accommodating 36 people), and a part of the officer's bedroom was a female SDF officer. It was remodeled for use (14 people).

She was removed from the register on August 1, 1995. ^{[2] [3]}

Citations

Wikimedia Commons has media related to JDS Yamagumo (DD-113) .

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.