Yukikaze (ship, 1939)

Yukikaze

Ship data flag  Japan Ship type destroyer class Kagerō- class Shipyard Sasebo naval shipyard Launch March 24, 1939 Commissioning January 20, 1940 Whereabouts Wrecked in 1971

Ship dimensions and crew length 118.4 m ( Lüa ) 116 m ( KWL ) 110.8 m ( Lpp ) width 10.8 m Draft Max. 3.7 m displacement 2,065 ts   crew 240 men

Machine system machine 3 steam boilers 2 steam turbines Machine performance 52,000 PS (38,246 kW) Top speed 35 kn (65 km / h) propeller 2

Armament 6 × Sk 12.7 cm L / 50 (3 × 2) 4 × Flak 2.5 cm Type 96 (2 × 2) 8 × torpedo tube ⌀ 61 cm (2 × 4) Flak from mid-1943: 10 × 2.5 cm type 96 (2 × 3, 2 × 2) Flak from the end of 1943: 14 × 2.5 cm type 96 (4 × 3, 1 × 2) Flak from mid-1944: 28 × 2.5 cm type 96 (4 × 3, 1 × 2, 14 × 1) Sensors Mid-1944: Type 13 radar system (for capturing aerial targets) Type 22 radar system (for capturing sea targets)

The Yukikaze ( Japanese 雪 風 , dt. "Snow Wind") was a Japanese destroyer of the Kagerō class . The ship was built by the Sasebo naval shipyard . The launch took place on March 24, 1939 in Sasebo, the completion on January 20, 1940.

history

The Yukikaze was involved in several battles in Southeast Asia . On July 30, 1945, the ship was damaged by a mine hit at Miyazu . After Japan surrendered in 1947, the ship was handed over to the Republic of China as reparation . There it was put into the service of the Navy of the Republic of China as Tan Yang ( Chinese  丹陽 ) . In 1971 it was scrapped in Kaohsiung .

literature

• MJ Whitley: Destroyer in World War II . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-613-01426-2 .

Web links

• Tabulation of movement (Engl.)
• Kagerō- class destroyer (Dutch)