Operational History
Terizuki was refitted between 1976 and 1977 to improve anti-submarine capabilities, with the SQS-29 hull sonar replaced by the larger and longer ranged SQS-23 system, while a variable-depth sonar (VDS) was added. The obsolete Weapon Alpha launcher was replaced by a Bofors 375 mm anti-submarine launcher, with the Hedgehog launchers replaced by two triple 12.75 in (324 mm) triple mounting for Mark 46 torpedoes.
Terizuki became an auxiliary in 1986, and a training ship on 1 July 1987, with torpedo tubes and the VDS removed. It was stricken in September 1993.
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