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Japan Maritime Self Defense Force / JMSDF
Minegumo class Destroyer

 
 
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Ships:
DD 116 JDS Minegumo (1968)
DD 117 JDS Natsugumo (1969)
DD 118 JDS Murakumo (1970)
 
Specifications:
Length: 115 meters
Beam: 11,8 meters
Draft: 3,8 meters
Displacement: 2150 tons (standard) / 2750 tons (full load)
Speed: 28 knots, max. (52 km/h)
Range: ?
Complement: up to 210
 
Propulsion:
6 x diesel engines (26500 shp)
 2 shafts / 2 propellers
 
Aviation:
small flight deck for 2 QH-50D DASH anti submarine drone helicopters
  
 Armament:
2 x Mk-33 3-inch/50-caliber (76mm) twin gun
1 x Oto-Melara 76mm/62-caliber gun (Murakumo only)
 1 x Bofors M/50 375mm multiple ASW rocket launcher
2 x Type 68 / HOS-301 (Mk-32) 12,75 inch (324mm) triple torpedo tubes
2 x Gyrodyne QH-50D DASH drone helicopters (later removed)
1 x Mk-16 launcher for 8 RUR-5 ASROC anti-submarine rockets (added later instead of the QH-50 system)
minegumo class destroyer armament gun bofors m/50 asw rocket torpedo tunes gyrodyne dash drone asroc

 
 

 
Ship data
unit: data:
DD 116 JDS Minegumo

builder: Mitsui Shipyard, Tamano, Japan

laid down: March 14, 1967

launched: December 16, 1967

commissioned: August 21, 1968

reclassified to training vessel TV-3508 in 1997

decommissioned: 1999
DD 117 JDS Natsugumo

builder: Sumitomo, Uraga, Japan

laid down: June 26, 1967

launched: July 25, 1968

commissioned: April 25, 1969

reclassified to training vessel TV-3509 in 1997

decommissioned: 1999
DD 118 JDS Murakumo

builder: Maizuru Shipyard, Maizuru, Japan

laid down: October 19, 1968

launched: November 15, 1969

commissioned: August 21, 1970

reclassified to training vessel TV-3511 in 1997

decommissioned: 2000
 

images & history

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JDS Natsugumo (DD 117)
 
 
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