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Builder | Hitachi, Maizuru |
Laid down | 25 February 1983 |
Launched | 10 July 1984 |
Commissioned | 3 December 1985 |
Decommissioned | 19 March 2020 |
Reclassified | TV-3519 |
Homeport | Kure |
Identification | MMSI number: 431999519 |
Status | Retired |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Hatsuyuki-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,950 long tons (3,000 t) |
Length | 130 m (430 ft) |
Beam | 13.6 m (45 ft) |
Draft | 4.2 m (14 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 knts |
Complement | 200 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 S-61 Sea King or SH-60J Seahawk |
Aviation facilities | flight deck and hangar for 1 helicopter |
JS Yamayuki (DD-129) is a Hatsuyuki-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
The ship was built by Hitachi, Maizuru and commissioned into service on 3 December 1985. [1]
This ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. [2]
She was converted to a training vessel and designated: TV-3519 on 27 April 2016. She was retired on March 19, 2020. [3]
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