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MURASAME destroyers (1959)

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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