Harukaze-class destroyer

{{Short description|1955 class of Japanese destroyers}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image= JDS Yukikaze (1).jpg |image_size= |image_caption=JDS ''Yukikaze'' }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/class overview |name=''Harukaze'' class |builders= *Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Eng. **Nagasaki Shipyard (2) |operators={{navy|Japan}} |class_before={{sclass|Ariake|destroyer|4}} |class_after={{sclass|Ayanami|destroyer|4}} |subclasses= |cost= |built_range=1954–1955 |in_service_range= |in_commission_range=1956–1985 |total_ships_completed=2 |total_ships_retired=2 }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |type=Destroyer |displacement=*{{convert|1700|t|LT|0|lk=out|abbr=on}} standard *{{convert|2340|t|LT|0|abbr=on}} full load |length={{convert|106.0|m|abbr=on}} |beam={{convert|10.5|m|abbr=on}} |depth={{convert|6.4|m|abbr=on}} |propulsion=*2 × Steam turbines (15,000ps) *2 × shafts |speed={{convert|30|kn}} |range= |complement=240 |EW=*OLR-3 *(Later OLR-4) *Acoustic torpedo |armament=*3 × 5-inch/38 caliber Mk.12 guns *8 × Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns *2 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortars *2 x Mark 2 over-the-side launchers for Mark 32 torpedoes *8 × K-gun depth charge throwers *1 × Depth charge rack | sensors = *AN/SPS-6 air search radar *OPS-3 surface-search radar *Mk.51 fire-control system *Mk.63 fire-control system *QHBa sonar *(Later AN/SQS-26J) *QDA sonar |armor= |notes= }} }} The '''''Harukaze''-class destroyer''' was the first indigenous post-World War II Japanese destroyer class. Its main mission was anti-submarine warfare.

==Design== Almost all equipment was supplied from the United States according to the U.S. and Japan Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement. Sensor systems on-board was standard equipment in the U.S. Navy at that time, for example, the AN/SPS-6 air-search radar, the AN/SPS-5 surface-search radar, the QHB search sonar, the QDA attack sonar.<ref name="radar">{{Cite journal|author=Tomohiko Tada|date=March 2010|title=4. Radar/ECM/ESM (Shipboard weapons of JMSDF 1952-2010)|journal=Ships of the World|issue=721|pages=100–105|publisher=Kaijin-sha}}</ref><ref name="underwater">{{Cite journal|date=March 2010|title=3. Underwater weapons (Shipboard weapons of JMSDF 1952-2010)|journal=Ships of the World|issue=721|pages=94–99|publisher=Kaijin-sha}}</ref>

Three 5-inch/38 caliber Mark 12 guns were mounted on Mark 30 single mounts, and controlled by a Mark 51 director. The JMSDF wasn't satisfied with performance of the director, so later the Mark 51 was replaced by the Swedish advanced GFCS developed by Contraves (''Harukaze'') or American Mark 57 (''Yukikaze'').<ref name="gun">{{Cite journal|date=March 2010|title=2. Guns (Shipboard weapons of JMSDF 1952-2010)|journal=Ships of the World|issue=721|pages=88–93|publisher=Kaijin-sha}}</ref> At the same time, K-guns and depth charge racks were reduced by half and replaced by Mark 32 torpedoes with two Mark 2 over-the-side launchers.<ref name="underwater"/>

==Ships== {|class=wikitable ! Pennant no. || Name || Laid down || Launched || Commissioned || Decommissioned |- | DD-101/ASU-7002 || {{JDS|Harukaze|DD-101|2}} || 1954 || 20 September 1955 || 1956 || 1985 |- | DD-102/ASU-7003 || {{JDS|Yukikaze||2}} || 1954 || 20 August 1955 || 1956 || 1985 |}

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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Harukaze class destroyers}}

{{Harukaze class destroyers}} {{Combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force}}

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