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JS Yamayuki in port.
History
Japan
NameJS Yamayuki
BuilderHitachi, Maizuru
Laid down25 February 1983
Launched10 July 1984
Commissioned3 December 1985
ReclassifiedTV-3519
HomeportKure
IdentificationMMSI number: 431999519
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Displacement2,950 long tons (3,000 t)
Length130 m (430 ft)
Beam13.6 m (45 ft)
Draft4.2 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
Speed30 knts
Complement200
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 carried1 S-61 Sea King or SH-60J Seahawk
Aviation facilitiesflight deck and hangar for 1 helicopter

JS Yamayuki (DD-129) is a Template:Sclass- 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]

She was converted to a training vessel and designated: TV-3519 on 27 April 2016.

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