Harukaze-class destroyer

JDS Yukikaze
Class overview
Name	Harukaze class
Builders	Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Eng. Nagasaki Shipyard (2)
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by	Ariake class
Succeeded by	Ayanami class
Built	1954–1955
In commission	1956–1985
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	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 and processing systems	AN/SPS-6 air search radar OPS-3 surface-search radar Mk.51 fire-control system Mk.63 fire-control system 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 2 x Mark 2 over-the-side launchers for Mark 32 torpedoes 8 × K-gun depth charge throwers 1 × Depth charge rack

The Harukaze-class destroyer was the first indigenous post-World War II Japanese destroyer class. Its main mission was anti-submarine warfare.

Almost all equipment was supplied from the United States according to the U.S. and Japan Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement. Sensor systems on-board was standard equipment in the U.S. Navy at that time, for example, the AN/SPS-6 air-search radar, the AN/SPS-5 surface-search radar, the QHB search sonar, the QDA attack sonar. ^{[1] [2]}

Three 5-inch/38 caliber Mark 12 guns were mounted on Mark 30 single mounts, and controlled by a Mark 51 director. The JMSDF wasn't satisfied with performance of the director, so later the Mark 51 was replaced by the Swedish advanced GFCS developed by Contraves (Harukaze) or American Mark 57 (Yukikaze). ^[3] At the same time, K-guns and depth charge racks were reduced by half and replaced by Mark 32 torpedoes with two Mark 2 over-the-side launchers. ^[2]

Ships

Pennant no.	Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned
DD-101/ASU-7002	Harukaze	1954	20 September 1955	1956	1985
DD-102/ASU-7003	Yukikaze	1954	20 August 1955	1956	1985

References

1. Tomohiko Tada (March 2010). "4. Radar/ECM/ESM (Shipboard weapons of JMSDF 1952-2010)". Ships of the World (721). Kaijin-sha: 100–105.
2. "3. Underwater weapons (Shipboard weapons of JMSDF 1952-2010)". Ships of the World (721). Kaijin-sha: 94–99. March 2010.
3. "2. Guns (Shipboard weapons of JMSDF 1952-2010)". Ships of the World (721). Kaijin-sha: 88–93. March 2010.

External links

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