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 &; 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.