JDS Yukikaze

	JDS Yukikaze
History
Japan
Name	Yukikaze; (ゆきかぜ);
Namesake	Yukikaze (1939)
Ordered	1953
Builder	Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Eng.; Nagasaki Shipyard;
Laid down	17 December 1954
Launched	20 August 1955
Commissioned	31 July 1956
Decommissioned	27 March 1985
Reclassified	Training ship, 27 March 1981
Homeport	Yokosuka (1956-1971); Sasebo (1971-1973); Yokosuka (1973-1985);
Identification	DD-102; ASU-7003;
Fate	Sunk as target, August 1985
General characteristics
Class & type	Harukaze-class destroyer
Displacement	1,700 t (1,673 long tons) standard; 2,340 t (2,303 long tons) full load;
Length	106.0 m (347.8 ft)
Beam	10.5 m (34 ft)
Depth	6.4 m (21 ft)
Propulsion	2 × Steam turbines (15,000ps); 2 × shafts;
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	240
Sensors &; processing systems	AN/SPS-6 air search radar; OPS-3 surface-search radar; QHBa sonar; (Later AN/SQS-26J); QDA sonar;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	OLR-3; (Later OLR-4); Acoustic torpedo;
Armament	3 × 5-inch/38 caliber Mk.12 guns; 8 × Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; 2 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortars; 8 × K-gun depth charge throwers; 1 × Depth charge rack;

JDS Yukikaze (DD-102) was the second ship of Harukaze-class destroyers, and the second destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force to be built in Japan since the end of World War II.

History
JDS Yukikaze
Japan
Name	Yukikaze (ゆきかぜ)
Namesake	Yukikaze (1939)
Ordered	1953
Builder	Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Eng. Nagasaki Shipyard
Laid down	17 December 1954
Launched	20 August 1955
Commissioned	31 July 1956
Decommissioned	27 March 1985
Reclassified	Training ship, 27 March 1981
Homeport	Yokosuka (1956-1971) Sasebo (1971-1973) Yokosuka (1973-1985)
Identification	DD-102 ASU-7003
Fate	Sunk as target, August 1985
General characteristics
Class & type	Harukaze-class destroyer
Displacement	1,700 t (1,673 long tons) standard 2,340 t (2,303 long tons) full load
Length	106.0 m (347.8 ft)
Beam	10.5 m (34 ft)
Depth	6.4 m (21 ft)
Propulsion	2 × Steam turbines (15,000ps) 2 × shafts
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	240
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPS-6 air search radar OPS-3 surface-search radar QHBa sonar (Later AN/SQS-26J) QDA sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	OLR-3 (Later OLR-4) Acoustic torpedo
Armament	3 × 5-inch/38 caliber Mk.12 guns 8 × Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns 2 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortars 8 × K-gun depth charge throwers 1 × Depth charge rack