JS Yamayuki

JS Yamayuki (DD-129/TV-3519) was a Hatsuyuki-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

JS Yamayuki (DD-129) moored in Tamano, May 2008
History
Japan
Name	Yamayuki (やまゆき)
Builder	Hitachi Maizuru shipyard, Maizuru
Laid down	25 February 1983
Launched	10 July 1984
Commissioned	3 December 1985
Decommissioned	19 March 2020
Homeport	Kure
Identification	MMSI number: 431999519 Hull number: DD-129
Reclassified	TV-3519
Status	Retired
General characteristics
Class & type	Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
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	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
Speed	30 knts
Complement	200
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 carried	1 S-61 Sea King or SH-60J Seahawk
Aviation facilities	flight deck and hangar for 1 helicopter

Construction and career

The ship was built by Hitachi Zosen at their Maizuru shipyard, laid down on 25 February 1983 and launched on 10 July 1984. Yamayuki was commissioned into service on 3 December 1985.^[1]

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 redesignated as TV-3519 on 27 April 2016. She was retired on 19 March 2020.^[3]