JDS Akigumo
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Namesake | Akigumo (1941) |
Ordered | 1971 |
Builder | Sumitomo, Uraga |
Laid down | 7 July 1972 |
Launched | 23 October 1973 |
Commissioned | 24 July 1974 |
Decommissioned | 16 February 2005 |
Reclassified | TV-3514 |
Homeport | Kure |
Identification | Pennant number: DD-120 |
Fate | Scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Yamagumo-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,150 long tons (2,185 t) standard |
Length | 115.2 m (377 ft 11 in) overall |
Beam | 11.8 m (38 ft 9 in) |
Draft | 4.0 m (13 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion | 6 × Mitsubishi 12 UEV 30/40 diesels |
Speed | 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) |
Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) |
Complement | 220 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | NOLR-6 |
Armament |
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JDS Akigumo (DD-120) was the fifth ship of Yamagumo-class destroyers.
Akigumo was laid down at Sumitomo Heavy Industries Uraga Shipyard on 7 July 1972 and launched on 23 October 1973. She's 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]
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