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

JS Yamayuki in port.
History
Japan
Name	Yamayuki (やまゆき)
Builder	Hitachi, Maizuru
Laid down	25 February 1983
Launched	10 July 1984
Commissioned	3 December 1985
Decommissioned	19 March 2020
Reclassified	TV-3519
Homeport	Kure
Identification	MMSI number: 431999519
Status	Retired
General characteristics
Class and 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

The ship was built by Hitachi, Maizuru and commissioned into service on 3 December 1985.[1]

Service

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 designated: TV-3519 on 27 April 2016. She was retired on March 19, 2020.[3]

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