JDS Harukaze

JDS Harukaze in 2000.
History
Japan
Name
  • Harukaze
  • (はるかぜ)
NamesakeSpring wind
Ordered1953
Builder
Laid down15 December 1954
Launched20 September 1955
Commissioned26 April 1956
Decommissioned5 March 1985
ReclassifiedTraining ship, 27 March 1981
Homeport
Identification
  • DD-101
  • ASU-7002
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class & typeHarukaze-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,700 t (1,673 long tons) standard
  • 2,340 t (2,303 long tons) full load
Length106.0 m (347.8 ft)
Beam10.5 m (34 ft)
Depth6.4 m (21 ft)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement240
Sensors &
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament

JDS Harukaze (DD-101) was the lead ship of Harukaze-class destroyers, and the first destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force to be built in Japan since the end of World War II.

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