Japanese destroyer Yūkaze
Service
- as Yūkaze24 August 1921 — 5 October 19452,193 days of the war
- Name
- Yūkaze
- Builder
- Mitsubishi-Nagasaki, Japan
- Ordered
- 1918
- Laid down
- 14 December 1920
- Launched
- 28 May 1921
- Commissioned
- 24 August 1921
- Struck
- 5 October 1945
- Fate
- Royal Navy 1947-later scrapped (1947)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,345 long tons (1,367 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,650 long tons (1,676 t)
- Length
- 102.6 m (336.6 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9 m (29.5 ft)
- Draught
- 2.8 m (9.2 ft)
- Speed
- 39 knots (72.2 km/h, 44.9 mph)
- Range
- 3,600 nmi (6,667 km)
- Complement
- 148
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Yūkaze was a Minekaze-class destroyer, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Mitsubishi-Nagasaki, Japan on 14 December 1920. Launched on 28 May 1921, she entered service on 24 August 1921.
Her class ran to twelve ships. The class followed the Momi-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Wakatake-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,345 long tons standard and 1,650 long tons at full load. She measured 102.6 m (337 ft) long with a beam of 9 m (30 ft). Her designed speed was 39 knots, and she carried a complement of 148. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 5 October 1945.
She was broken up for scrap in 1947.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2-shaft Mitsubishi-Parsons geared turbines, 4 boilers 38500 ihp
- Armament
- 4 × Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun
- 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes in three twin mountings
- 2 × 7.7 mm machine guns
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Akikaze
- Japanese destroyer Hakaze
- Japanese destroyer Hokaze
- Japanese destroyer Minekaze
- Japanese destroyer Nadakaze
- Japanese destroyer Okikaze
- Japanese destroyer Sawakaze (1919)
- Japanese destroyer Shimakaze (1920)
- Japanese destroyer Shiokaze
- Japanese destroyer Tachikaze (1921)
- Japanese destroyer Yakaze
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Yūkaze on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Presumed offical US Navy photographer — https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-351000/80-G-351880.html — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons