JDS Asagumo

	JDS Asagumo
History
Japan
Name	Asagumo ; (あさぐも);
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	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 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[edit]

^ World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History. Gaijinsha. 2004.
^ Ships of the World Vol. 750. Gaijinsha. November 2011.
^ Takao, Ishibashi (2002). All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002. Namiki Shobo.

References[edit]

[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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v t e Yamagumo-class destroyers
Yamagumo Makigumo Asagumo Aokumo Akigumo Yūgumo
Preceded by: Ayanami class Followed by: Minegumo class
List of destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force