Japanese destroyer Yukikaze
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| Career (Japan) |  |
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| Launched: | 24 March 1939 |
| Commissioned: | 20 January 1940 |
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| Struck: | 5 October 1945 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Republic of China, 6 July 1947 |
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| Acquired: | 6 July 1947 |
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| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1970 |
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| Displacement: | 2,490 tons |
| Length: | 388 ft 9 in (118.5 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 5 in (10.8 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 4 in (3.8 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 240 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Yukikaze (雪風? "Snowy Wind") was a Kagero-class destroyer in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She was the only member of her class to survive the war. The attrition rate of Japanese destroyers was extremely high due to the need to use them for transporting supplies to the many scattered island garrisons.
Early in the war she took part in the invasions of the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies. She participated in the battles of Midway, Santa Cruz, Leyte Gulf, and the Philippine Sea, as well as a lengthy stint on Guadalcanal troop runs and the naval battles around the island. Yukikaze also survived Operation Ten-Go (the abortive attack on the American force landing on Okinawa) during which the Yamato was sunk. Between these major engagements, Yukikaze participated in escort duty for ships in transit. She spent the last months of the war on security duty in Japanese harbors.
After the war she was used as a transport to bring home Japanese military forces still abroad. Yukikaze is the only ship to survive among 82 destroyers built before the war.
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Shoichi Taguchi - 1 August 1939 - 20 January 1940
Cmdr. Shoichi Taguchi - 20 January 1940 - 15 November 1940
Cmdr. Kiichiro Wakida - 15 November 1940 - 20 July 1941
Cmdr. Kenjiro Tobita - 20 July 1941 - 23 June 1942
Cmdr. Ryokichi Sugama - 23 June 1942 - 10 December 1943
Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Masamichi Terauchi - 10 December 1943 - 10 May 1945 (Promoted to Commander on 15 October 1944.)
Cmdr. Keiji Koeu - 10 May 1945 - 15 August 1945
[edit] ROCS Tang Yan
On 6 July 1947, Yukikaze was transferred to the Republic of China [renamed Tang Yan (丹陽)] as war reparation. She was finally scrapped in 1970, after the ROC refused Japanese offer to repatriot the vessel.
Yukikaze is very popular in Japan, being called the unsinkable ship.
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