Yamagumo class Anti Submarine Destroyer DDK Japan Maritime Self Defense Force

Japan Maritime Self Defense Force / JMSDF
Yamagumo class Anti-Submarine Destroyer

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Ships:

batch 1:
DDK 113 JDS Yamagumo (1966)
DDK 114 JDS Makigumo (1966)
DDK 115 JDS Asagumo (1967)
batch 2:
DDK 119 JDS Aokumo (1972)
DDK 120 JDS Akigumo (1974)
DDK 121 JDS Yugumo (1978)

Specifications:

Length: 114 meters (batch 1) / 115,2 meters (batch 2)

Beam: 11,8 meters

Draft: 3,9 meters (batch 1) / 4 meters (batch 2)
Displacement: 2050 tons (standard) batch 1 / 2150 tons (standard) batch 2

Speed: 28 knots, max. (52 km/h)

Range: 6000 NM 11000 km)

Complement: up to 220

Propulsion:

6 x diesel engines (26500 shp)
2 shafts / 2 propellers

Armament:
2 x 3-inch/50-caliber (76mm) twin guns
1 x Mk-16 launcher for 8 RUR-5 ASROC anti-submarine rockets
2 x Type 68 / HOS-301 (Mk-32) 12,75-inches (324mm) triple torpedo tubes (added later)
1 x Bofors M/50 375mm multiple ASW rocket launcher
yamagumo class ddk destroyer armament mk-16 asroc launcher type-68 mk-32 torpedo tubes bofors m/50 375mm asw rocket

yamagumo class ddk destroyer armament mk-16 asroc launcher type-68 mk-32 torpedo tubes bofors m/50 375mm asw rocket

Ship data

unit:	data:
DDK 113 JDS Yamagumo	builder: Mitsui Shipyard, Tamano, Japan laid down: March 23, 1964 launched: February 27, 1965 commissioned: January 29, 1966 reclassified to training vessel TV-3506 on June 20, 1991 decommissioned: 1995
DDK 114 JDS Makigumo	builder: Sumitomo, Uraga, Japan laid down: June 10, 1964 launched: July 26, 1965 commissioned: March 19, 1966 reclassified to training vessel TV-3507 on June 20, 1991 decommissioned: 1995
DDK 115 JDS Asagumo	builder: Maizuru Shipyard, Maizuru, Japan laid down: June 24, 1965 launched: November 25, 1966 commissioned: August 29, 1967 reclassified to auxilary vessel (Submarine Tender) ASU-7018 on October 18, 1993 decommissioned: 1998
DDK 119 JDS Aokumo	builder: Sumitomo, Uraga, Japan laid down: October 2, 1970 launched: March 30, 1972 commissioned: November 25, 1972 reclassified to training vessel TV-3512 in 1991 decommissioned: 2003
DDK 120 JDS Akigumo	builder: Sumitomo, Uraga, Japan laid down: July 7, 1972 launched: October 23, 1973 commissioned: July 24, 1974 reclassified to training vessel TV-3514 in 1999 decommissioned: 2005
DDK 121 JDS Yugumo	builder: Sumitomo, Uraga, Japan laid down: February 4, 1976 launched: May 21, 1977 commissioned: March 24, 1978 decommissioned: 2005

images & history

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DDH-142 JDS Hiei and DDK-115 JDS Asagumo

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JDS Akigumo (TV-3514 / ex DDK-120)

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