JDS Murakumo

	JDS Murakumo
History
Japan
Name	Murakumo ; (むらくも);
Namesake	Murakumo (1928)
Ordered	1967
Builder	Hitachi, Osaka
Laid down	19 October 1968
Launched	15 November 1969
Commissioned	21 August 1970
Decommissioned	18 June 2000
Reclassified	TV-3511
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: DD-118
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Minegumo-class destroyer
Displacement	2,150 long tons (2,185 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 × OTO Melara 76 mm; 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 Murakumo (DD-118) was the third ship of Minegumo-class destroyers.

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