JDS Minegumo

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

JDS Minegumo
History
Japan
Name	Minegumo (みねぐも)
Namesake	Minegumo (1937)
Ordered	1965
Builder	Mitsui, Tamano
Laid down	14 March 1967
Launched	16 August 1967
Commissioned	31 August 1968
Decommissioned	18 March 1999
Reclassified	TV-3509
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: DD-116
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)

JDS Minegumo (DD-116) was the lead ship of Minegumo-class destroyers.

Construction and career

Minegumo was laid down at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Tamano Shipyard on 14 March 1967 and launched on 16 August 1967. She was commissioned on 31 August 1968.[1]

Special refurbishment work was carried out between November 24, 1981 and May 12, 1982, the DASH QH-50D on the rear deck was removed, and an ASROC launcher was installed.

On March 27, 1982, the 22nd Escort Fleet was reorganized under the 2nd Escort Group.

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

Around 8:30 am on June 11, 1995, a fire broke out in the machine room during a test voyage at the Kii Channel, killing one crew member and injuring two.

On August 1, the same year, the type was changed to a training ship, and the ship registration number was changed to TV-3509. Transferred to Training Squadron 1st Training Squadron.

Removed from the register on March 18, 1999. The total cruising distance was 674,753.1 nautical miles.[2]

References

1. World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History. Gaijinsha. 2004.
2. "Minegumo / Natsugumo self-defense ship flag returned". Maritime Self-Defense Force Newspaper. 9 April 1999. p. 1.