Murasame 1960
Murasame 1980
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
むらさめ [Murasame] | DD107, 3.1984- ASU7006 | Mitsubishi Zosen, Nagasaki | 16.12.1957 | 31.7.1958 | 31.3.1959 | TS 3.1984, stricken 3.1988 | |
ゆうだち [Yudachi] | DD108, 3.1984- ASU7007 | Ishikawajima HI, Tokyo | 16.12.1957 | 29.7.1958 | 25.3.1959 | TS 3.1984, stricken 3.1987 | |
はるさめ [Harusame] | DD109, 3.1985- ASU7008 | Uraga Dock, Yokosuka | 17.6.1958 | 18.6.1959 | 15.12.1959 | TS 3.1985, stricken 5.1989 |
Displacement standard, t |
DD107: 1838 DD108: 1840 DD109: 1800 |
Displacement full, t |
2400 |
Length, m |
109.7 wl |
Breadth, m |
11.0 |
Draught, m |
3.70 light |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
DD107: 2 sets Mitsubishi Jyuko geared steam turbines, 2 Mitsubishi CE boilers DD108, 109: 2 sets Ishikawajima Harima Jyuko geared steam turbines, 2 Ishikawajima FW-D boilers |
Power, h. p. |
35000 |
Max speed, kts |
32 |
Fuel, t |
oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 6000(18) |
Armament |
3 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 39, 2 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 2 - 483 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 15 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 1 DCR |
Electronic equipment |
OPS-1, OPS-15, SPG-34, SPG-35 radars, SQS-29 sonar, BLR-1 ECM suite |
Complement |
220 |
Project history: The Murasame class were designed principally for AAW and originally were designated DDAs. Two ships were built under the 1956 programme and the other under the 1957 programme. The 127mm guns mounted in this class were Mk 39s removed from the US Midway class aircraft carriers, the only ships then fitted with this gun; this 127mm/54 was to have been the successor to the ubiquitous 127mm/38. Actually, their rate of fire was disappointing, making them less than the ideal AA weapon. The handling rooms and magazines for these guns required additional space, thus making the Murasamies much more crowded ships than the Ayanamies. Weapons constitute 18% of the weight of the Murasame class units.
Modernizations: 1968, Harusame: + OQA-1 sonar
1975, Murasame; 1979, Harusame: - 2 - 483 TT, 2 DCT, 1 DCR; + 2 x 3 - 324 TT
Naval service: All ships were later transferred to Fleet Training and Development Command as Special Use Auxiliaries (ASU).
Harusame 1975
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