JS Yamayuki
Appearance
![]() JS Yamayuki in port.
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History | |
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Name | JS Yamayuki |
Builder | Hitachi, Maizuru |
Laid down | 25 February 1983 |
Launched | 10 July 1984 |
Commissioned | 3 December 1985 |
Reclassified | TV-3519 |
Homeport | Kure |
Identification | MMSI number: 431999519 |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
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 |
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Speed | 30 knts |
Complement | 200 |
Armament |
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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 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.
Notes
- ^ GlobalSecurity.org, DD-122 Hatsuyuki Class
- ^ Seawaves,"Warships Supporting Earthquake in Japan" Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine