JDS Yamayuki (DD-129)

Career (Japan)
Name:	JS Yamayuki
Builder:	Hitachi, Maizuru
Laid down:	25 February 1983
Launched:	10 July 1984
Commissioned:	3 December 1985
Homeport:	Kure
Status:	in active service, as of 2015
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:	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
Speed:	30 knts
Complement:	200
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 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]

Service

This ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.^[2]

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