JS Yamayuki

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JMSDF DD-129 YAMAYUKI.jpg
JS Yamayuki in port.
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Yamayuki
  • (やまゆき)
Builder Hitachi, Maizuru
Laid down25 February 1983
Launched10 July 1984
Commissioned3 December 1985
Decommissioned19 March 2020
ReclassifiedTV-3519
Homeport Kure
Identification MMSI number: 431999519
StatusRetired
General characteristics
Class and type Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
Displacement2,950 long tons (3,000 t)
Length130 m (430 ft)
Beam13.6 m (45 ft)
Draft4.2 m (14 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 x Kawasaki/Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3B gas turbines (45000 shp)
  • 2 x Kawasaki/Rolls-Royce Tyne RM-1C gas turbines (9900 shp)
  • 2 shafts, 2 controllable pitch propellers
Speed30 knts
Complement200
Armament
  • 1 x Oto-Melara 76mm/62-caliber gun (3-inches)
  • 2 x Mk-141 missile launcher for 8 RGM-84 Harpoon SSM
  • 1 x Mk-29 launcher for 8 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow SAM
  • 2 x Mk-15 Phalanx Close-In-Weapon-System (CIWS)
  • 1 x Mk-16 launcher for 8 RUR-5 ASROC anti-submarine rockets
  • 2 x HOS-301 (Mk-32) 12,75-inch (324mm) triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried1 S-61 Sea King or SH-60J Seahawk
Aviation facilitiesflight 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]

Service

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]

Notes

  1. ↑ GlobalSecurity.org, DD-122 Hatsuyuki Class
  2. ↑ Seawaves,"Warships Supporting Earthquake in Japan" Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (19 March 2020). "19 MAR, the Ship Retirement Ceremony for JS YAMAYUKI (TV 3519)..." Retrieved 2 July 2020– via Twitter.

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