JDS Harukaze
 Harukaze in 2000
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| History | |
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| Name | Harukaze (DD-101/ASU-7002) |
| Builder | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki |
| Laid down | 15 December 1954 |
| Launched | 20 September 1955 |
| Commissioned | 26 April 1956 |
| Decommissioned | 5 March 1985 |
| Reclassified | Auxiliary vessel ASU-7002, 27 March 1981 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Harukaze-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 106 m (347 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × steam turbines, 30,000 shp (22,371 kW), 2 shafts |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) |
| Complement | 240 |
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JDS Harukaze (春風, "Spring Wind") was the lead ship in her class of anti-submarine ships, and the first destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force to be built in Japan since the end of World War II.[2]
Ship history
The ship was laid down at the Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki on 15 December 1954, launched on 20 September 1955 and commissioned on 26 April 1956 with the hull number "DD-101". She was reclassified as an auxiliary vessel and renumbered "ASU-7002" on 27 March 1981,[1] before being finally decommissioned on 5 March 1985.[3]
References
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- ^ a b "Harukaze class destroyer". seaforces.org. 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ "Defense Chronology" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Defense. 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ "Materials of IJN (JMSDF Vessels - Harukaze class Destroyers)". homepage2.nifty.com. 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
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