The Yamagumo class are vessels of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, usually classified as a destroyer, but due to their relatively light displacement, in other sources as a destroyer escort. This class is the successor of the .

Design This class was planned to become the new generation workhorse of the fleet of the JMSDF. In support of this objective, it was equipped with some new generation weapon and sensor systems such as the ASROC anti-submarine rocket and the OPS-11 early warning radar (Japanese equivalent of the American AN/SPS-40 radar).

The Minegumo-class destroyer derived from this class as the new DASH equipped version, but after the QH-50D DASH was scrapped, the JMSDF decided on resuming the construction of this class. The latter batch sometimes called as the Aokumo class, and there are some improvements, mainly in their electronics such as the OQS-3 hull-sonar (Japanese variant of the American AN/SQS-23) and the AN/SQS-35 variable depth sonar system.

Ships Batch Building no. Pennant<br/ >no. Name Builder Laid<br/ >down Launched Commissioned DecommissionedEarlier 2201 DD-113<br/ >TV-3506 Mitsui, Tamano ship yard March 23, 1964 February 27, 1965 January 29, 1966 1995 2202 DD-114<br/ >TV-3507 Uraga Heavy Industries, Uraga ship yard June 10, 1964 July 26, 1967 March 19, 1966 1995 2203 DD-115<br/ >ASU-7018 Maizuru Heavy Industries, Maizuru ship yard June 24, 1965 November 25, 1966 August 29, 1967 1998Latter 2207 DD-119<br/ >TV-3512 Sumitomo, Uraga ship yard October 2, 1970 March 30, 1972 November 25, 1972 2003 2208 DD-120<br/ >TV-3514 Sumitomo, Uraga ship yard July 7, 1972 October 23, 1973 July 24, 1974 2005 2209 DD-121 Sumitomo, Uraga ship yard February 4, 1976 May 21, 1977 March 24, 1978 2005

See also List of destroyer classes

Equivalent destroyers of the same era

References

The Maru Special, Ships of the JMSDF No.58 "Escort ship Yamagumo-class and Minegumo-class", Ushio Shobō (Japan), December 1981