JDS Natsugumo

JDS Natsugumo
History
Japan
Name
  • Natsugumo
  • (なつぐも)
NamesakeNatsugumo (1937)
Ordered1966
BuilderUraga, Uraga
Laid down26 June 1967
Launched25 July 1968
Commissioned25 April 1969
Decommissioned18 March 1999
ReclassifiedTV-3510
HomeportKure
IdentificationPennant number: DD-117
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class & typeMinegumo-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 2,100 long tons (2,134 t) standard
  • 2,750 long tons (2,794 t) full load
Length115 m (377 ft 4 in)
Beam11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Draft3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Complement210
Sensors &
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
Aircraft carried2 × QH-50D DASH anti-submarine drone helicopter (removed in 1979-82 and ASROC fitted)

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