Japanese destroyer Yukikaze (1939)
Service
- as Yukikaze20 January 1940 — 5 October 19452,052 days of the war
- as ROCS Dan Yang ()1 May 1948 — 16 November 1966
- Name
- Yukikaze
- Pennant / hull number
- 1939
- Builder
- Sasebo Naval Arsenal
- Launched
- 24 March 1939
- Commissioned
- 20 January 1940
- Decommissioned
- 16 November 1966
- Struck
- 5 October 1945
- Fate
- Scrapped, 1970 (1970)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,490 long tons (2,530 t)
- Length
- 118.5 m (388.8 ft)
- Beam
- 10.8 m (35.4 ft)
- Draught
- 3.8 m (12.5 ft)
- Speed
- 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h, 40.9 mph)
- Complement
- 240
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Yukikaze was a Kagerō-class destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1939. She was built by Sasebo Naval Arsenal. She entered service on 20 January 1940, having been launched on 24 March 1939.
Her class ran to 19 ships. The class followed the Asashio-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Yūgumo-class destroyer.
She displaced 2,490 long tons. She measured 118.5 m (389 ft) long with a beam of 10.8 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 35.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 240.
Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She served with the Imperial Japanese Navy as Yukikaze until 5 October 1945. She then passed to the Chinese Navy, serving as ROCS Dan Yang () from 1 May 1948. She was in commission for 2,052 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 16 November 1966. She was struck from the register on 5 October 1945.
She was broken up for scrap in 1970.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 6 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 DP guns
- up to 28 × 25mm Type 96 AA guns
- up to 4 × 13.2 mm AA guns
- 8 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedoes (in 2 × 4 tube rotating midship launchers + reloads)
- 36 depth charges
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Akigumo (1941)
- Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze (1939)
- Japanese destroyer Arashi
- Japanese destroyer Hagikaze
- Japanese destroyer Hamakaze (1940)
- Japanese destroyer Hatsukaze
- Japanese destroyer Hayashio
- Japanese destroyer Isokaze (1939)
- Japanese destroyer Kagerō (1938)
- Japanese destroyer Kuroshio
- Japanese destroyer Maikaze
- Japanese destroyer Natsushio
- Japanese destroyer Nowaki (1940)
- Japanese destroyer Oyashio
- Japanese destroyer Shiranui (1938)
- Japanese destroyer Tanikaze (1940)
- Japanese destroyer Tokitsukaze (1939)
- Japanese destroyer Urakaze (1940)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Yukikaze (1939) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Shizuo Fukui — Kure Maritime Museum, Japanese Naval Warship Photo Album: Destroyers , edited by Kazushige Todaka, p. 94 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons