Harukaze 1960
Yukikaze 1978
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| はるかぜ [Harukaze] | DD101, 3.1981- ASU7002 | Mitsubishi Zosen, Nagasaki | 15.12.1954 | 20.9.1955 | 26.4.1956 | TS 3.1981, stricken 3.1985 | |
| ゆきかぜ [Yukikaze] | DD102, 3.1981- ASU7003 | Shin Mitsubishi HI, Kobe | 17.12.1954 | 20.8.1955 | 31.7.1956 | TS 3.1981, stricken 3.1985 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1700 |
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Displacement full, t |
2340 |
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Length, m |
106.0 wl 106.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.5 |
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Draught, m |
3.70 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
DD101: 2 sets Mitsubishi/Escher Weiss geared steam turbines, 2 Hitachi/Babcock boilers DD102: 2 sets Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
30000 |
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Max speed, kts |
30 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 557 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 6000(18) |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 1 DCR |
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Electronic equipment |
SPS-5, SPS-6, SPG-26, SPG-34 radars, SQS-29 sonar |
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Complement |
240 |
Project history: The Harukaze class was authorized under the 1953 fiscal year programme as 'A type' high-speed escort vessels. The class were conservative in size and armament, and electric welding was extensively used in hull construction. As with the destroyer escorts built under the 1953 programme, different propulsion plants were used for study purpose.
Modernizations: 3.1959, both: + 2 - 483 Mk 4 TT
early 1970s, both: - SPS-5 radar, SQS-29 sonar; + OPS-37 radar, SQS-11 sonar
1975, Yukikaze: - 1 x 1 - 127/38, 4 DCT, 1 DCR,; + SQS-30J sonar with towed passive sonar array
1980, Yukikaze: - 1 x 1 - 127/38 (No2), 1 x 4 - 40/60; + SQA-4 sonar
Naval service: Both were reclassified as Special Use Auxiliaries in 1985 and transferred to Fleet Training and Development Command.
Harukaze 1979
Yukikaze 1979
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