JDS Akigumo

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JDS Akigumo
History
Japan
Name
  • Akigumo
  • (あきぐも)
NamesakeAkigumo (1941)
Ordered1971
BuilderSumitomo, Uraga
Laid down7 July 1972
Launched23 October 1973
Commissioned24 July 1974
Decommissioned16 February 2005
ReclassifiedTV-3514
HomeportKure
IdentificationPennant number: DD-120
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeYamagumo-class destroyer
Displacement2,150 long tons (2,185 t) standard
Length115.2 m (377 ft 11 in) overall
Beam11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Draft4.0 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion6 × Mitsubishi 12 UEV 30/40 diesels
Speed27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km)
Complement220
Sensors and
processing systems
  • OQS-3 (Type 66 passive sonar)
  • VDS AN/SQS-35(J)
Electronic warfare
& decoys		NOLR-6
Armament

JDS Akigumo (DD-120) was the fifth ship of Yamagumo-class destroyers.

Construction and career[]

Akigumo was laid down at Sumitomo Heavy Industries Uraga Shipyard on 7 July 1972 and launched on 23 October 1973. She was commissioned on 24 July 1974.[1]

From July 17th to August 28th, 1976, participated in RIMPAC 1976 with the escort ship JDS Aokumo, JDS Narushio and eight P-2J aircraft.

On October 5, 1979, at the Terashima harbor in Nagasaki Prefecture, the bow of JDS Aokumo during a night anchoring training that relied only on the moonlight without using any radar or lighting. I touched the rear part of the starboard side of JDS Akigumo. A breach occurred on the water line of Akigumo and a small crack occurred on the starboard bow water line of Aokumo. Neither ship was injured.

In 1980, she participated in the 24th pelagic practice voyage.

On March 27, 1982, the 23rd Escort Corps was reorganized under the 4th Escort Corps group, and her home port was transferred to Ominato.

On January 31, 1990, the 23rd Escort Corps was reorganized under the control of the Ominato District Force.

On March 24, 1997, the 23rd escort corps was renamed to the 25th escort corps due to the revision of the corps number. Engaged in disaster relief activities due to the eruption of Mt. Usu that occurred on March 31, 2000. On June 13, the same year, she was changed to a training vessel and her registration number was changed to TV-3514.

She was transferred to the 1st Training Squadron and her home port was transferred to Kure. She was removed on February 16, 2005. Her total itinerary during her commission reached about 600,000 nautical miles, about 29 laps of the globe.[2][3]

Citations[]

  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.

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