JDS Natsugumo

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Natsugumo.

JDS Natsugumo (DD-117) was the second ship of Minegumo-class destroyers.

JDS Natsugumo
History
Japan
Name	Natsugumo (なつぐも)
Namesake	Natsugumo (1937)
Ordered	1966
Builder	Uraga, Uraga
Laid down	26 June 1967
Launched	25 July 1968
Commissioned	25 April 1969
Decommissioned	18 March 1999
Reclassified	TV-3510
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: DD-117
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Minegumo-class destroyer
Displacement	2,100 long tons (2,134 t) standard 2,750 long tons (2,794 t) full load
Length	115 m (377 ft 4 in)
Beam	11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Draft	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Complement	210
Sensors and processing systems	OPS-11B EWR OPS-17 surface search radar OQS-3 hull-sonar SQS-35 variable depth sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	NOLR-1B electronic warfare suite
Armament	2 × Mk.33 twin 3"/50 caliber guns 1 × Bofors 375 mm (15 in) ASW rocket launcher 2 × HOS-301 triple 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried	2 × QH-50D DASH anti-submarine drone helicopter (removed in 1979-82 and ASROC fitted)

Construction and career

Natsugumo was laid down at Uraga Dock Company Uraga Shipyard on 26 June 1967 and launched on 25 July 1968. She was commissioned on 25 April 1969.

The ship was equipped with a domestically produced Type 72 fire control system type 1B on a trial basis.

At around 9:30 pm on 31 March 1978, she came into contact with the submarine JDS Asashio while training at Enshu Nada, about 120 km south of Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. The periscope of Asashio and the right screw of Natsugumo were partially damaged. At that time, anti-submarine attack training aimed at Asashio was underway in this water area, and Asashio came into contact with Natsugumo at a periscope depth of about 16 meters.

A special renovation work was carried out between 15 December 1981 and 15 June 1982, and the DASH QH-50D on the rear deck was removed and equipped with an ASROC launcher.

On 27 March 1982, the 22nd Escort Corps was reorganized into the 2nd Escort Corps.

In 1984, participated in a practicing voyage to the ocean.

On 19 March 1986, the 22nd Escort Corps was reorganized under the Kure District Force.

On 1 August 1995, the type was changed to a training ship, and the ship registration number was changed to TV-3510. Transferred to Training Squadron 1st Training Squadron.

Removed from the register on 18 March 1999. The total distance was 670,610.4 nautical miles.