:Japanese destroyer Yūkaze
{{short description|Destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = 80-G-351880 YUKAZE (Japanese destroyer, 1921) (cropped).jpg | Ship caption = Yūkaze anchored at Kure with other Japanese destroyers after the surrender of Japan, October 1945 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Empire of Japan | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Empire of Japan|naval}} | Ship name = Yūkaze | Ship namesake = | Ship ordered = fiscal 1918 | Ship builder = Mitsubishi-Nagasaki, Japan | Ship laid down = 14 December 1920 | Ship launched = 28 May 1921 | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 24 August 1921 | Ship decommissioned = | Ship fate = Royal Navy 1947-later scrapped | Ship struck = 5 October 1945 | Ship honors = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Minekaze|destroyer}} | Ship displacement = *{{convert|1345|LT|t}} normal,
| Ship length = *{{convert|97.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} pp,
| Ship beam = {{convert|9|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = {{convert|2.8|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship propulsion = 2-shaft Mitsubishi-Parsons geared turbines, 4 boilers {{convert|38500|ihp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}} | Ship speed = {{convert|39|kn|km/h|lk=in}} | Ship range = {{convert|3600|nmi|km}} at {{convert|14|kn|km/h}} | Ship complement = 148 | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = *4 × Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun
| Ship notes = }} {{Infobox service record |is_ship=yes |label= |partof= |codes= |commanders= |operations=*Second Sino-Japanese War |victories= |awards= }} |
{{nihongo|Yūkaze|夕風| Evening Wind}}Nelson. Japanese-English Character Dictionary. pages 283, 960 was a {{sclass|Minekaze|destroyer}}, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy immediately following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the Pacific War.
History
File:IJN Yukaze commissioning at Nagasaki Taisho 10.jpg
Construction of the large-sized Minekaze-class destroyers was authorized as part of the Imperial Japanese Navy's 8-4 Fleet Program from fiscal 1917-1920, as an accompaniment to the medium-sized {{sclass|Momi|destroyer|4}} with which they shared many common design characteristics.Howarth, The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun Equipped with powerful engines, these vessels were capable of high speeds and were intended as escorts for the projected {{sclass|Amagi|battlecruiser}}s, which were ultimately never built.Globalsecurity.org, IJN Minekaze class destroyers Yūkaze, built at the Mitsubishi shipyards, Nagasaki, was the tenth ship of this class. The destroyer was laid down on 14 December 1920, launched on 28 May 1921 and commissioned on 24 August 1921.{{cite web | url= http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0418.htm | title= Minekaze class 1st class destroyers | last= Nishidah | first= Hiroshi | year= 2002 | work= Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy | access-date= 2008-12-20 | archive-url= https://archive.today/20120708205335/http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0418.htm | archive-date= 2012-07-08 | url-status= dead }}
File:Bow of Minekaze-class destroyer Yukaze, September 12 1928.jpg
On completion, Yūkaze was assigned to Yokosuka Naval District as part of Destroyer Division 3 under the IJN 2nd Fleet. On 11 October 1928, in Uraga Channel, while on night training maneuvers, Yūkaze collided with her sister ship {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shimakaze|1920|2}}, resulting in significant damage and requiring extensive repairs.
In 1937-1938, Yūkaze was assigned to patrols of the central China coastlines in support of Japanese efforts in the Second Sino-Japanese War
=World War II history=
At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Yūkaze was under Carrier Division 3 in the IJN 1st Fleet based at the Kure Naval District as part of the escort for the old aircraft carrier {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Hōshō||2}}. As such, the destroyer participated in the Battle of Midway.{{Cite web|url=http://www.microworks.net/PACIFIC/orders_of_battle/midway_japan.htm|title = Japanese OOB at Midway}}
Afterwards, Hōshō was used to train naval aviators, remaining in the Inland Sea under the IJN 3rd Fleet, and Yūkaze continued to serve as the aircraft carrier's escort through the end of World War II.{{cite web| url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/yukaze_t.htm| title= IJN Yukaze: Tabular Record of Movement| last= Nevitt | first= Allyn D. | year= 1997 | work= Long Lancers | publisher= Combinedfleet.com}}
File:Japanese destroyer Yukaze Scan10047 19470726.JPG
On 5 October 1945 Yūkaze was removed from navy list.{{cite web | url= http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0418.htm | title= Minekaze class 1st class destroyers | last= Nishidah | first= Hiroshi | year= 2002 | work= Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy | access-date= 2008-12-20 | archive-url= https://archive.today/20120708205335/http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0418.htm | archive-date= 2012-07-08 | url-status= dead }}
After the war, Yūkaze was used as a repatriation vessel from October 1945 through August 1947, when the ship was turned over to the British Royal Navy as a prize of war in Singapore, where she was broken up for scrap.
Notes
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References
- {{cite book | last = Howarth | first = Stephen | year = 1983 | title = The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The Drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895-1945 | publisher = Atheneum | isbn = 0-689-11402-8}}
- {{cite book | last = Jentsura | first = Hansgeorg | year = 1976 | title = Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945 | publisher = US Naval Institute Press | isbn = 0-87021-893-X }}
- {{cite book | last = Nelson | first = Andrew N. | year = 1967 | title = Japanese-English Character Dictionary | publisher = Tuttle | isbn = 0-8048-0408-7 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/modernreadersjap00nels }}
- {{cite book | last = Watts | first = Anthony J | year = 1967 | title = Japanese Warships of World War II | publisher = Doubleday | isbn = 978-0-3850-9189-3}}
- {{cite book | last = Whitley | first = M J | title = Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia | publisher = Arms and Armour Press | year = 2000 | location = London | isbn = 1-85409-521-8 }}
External links
- {{cite web | url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/yukaze_t.htm | title= IJN Yukaze: Tabular Record of Movement | last= Nevitt | first= Allyn D. | year= 1997 | work= Long Lancers | publisher= Combinedfleet.com}}
- {{cite web | url= http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0418.htm | title= Minekaze class 1st class destroyers | last= Nishidah | first= Hiroshi | year= 2002 | work= Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy | access-date= 2008-12-20 | archive-url= https://archive.today/20120708205335/http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0418.htm | archive-date= 2012-07-08 | url-status= dead }}
- {{cite web | url= http://smmlonline.com/articles/minekaze/minekaze.html | title= IJN Minekaze, Kamikaze and Mutsuki class Destroyers | last= Jones | first= Daniel H. | year= 2003 | publisher= Ship Modeler's Mailing List (SMML) | url-status=dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080828190211/http://www.smmlonline.com/articles/minekaze/minekaze.html | archive-date= 2008-08-28 }}
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Category:Minekaze-class destroyers
Category:Second Sino-Japanese War naval ships of Japan