JDS Asagumo
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Name |
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Namesake | Asagumo (1937) |
Ordered | 1964 |
Builder | Hitachi, Maizuru |
Laid down | 24 June 1965 |
Launched | 25 November 1966 |
Commissioned | 29 August 1967 |
Decommissioned | 23 March 1998 |
Reclassified | ASU-7018 |
Homeport | Kure |
Identification | Pennant number: DD-115 |
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 |
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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 |
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JDS Asagumo (DD-115) was the third ship of Yamagumo-class destroyers.
Construction and career
[edit]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
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