JDS Yūdachi (DD-108)

History
Japan
Name	Yūdachi; (ゆうだち);
Namesake	Yūdachi (1936)
Ordered	1958
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Laid down	16 December 1957
Launched	29 July 1958
Commissioned	25 March 1959
Decommissioned	30 March 1987
Homeport	Maizuru
Identification	DD-108; ASU-7007;
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class & type	Murasame-class destroyer
Displacement	1,800 long tons (1,829 t) standard
Length	108.0 m (354 ft 4 in)
Beam	11.0 m (36 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × Steam turbines (15,000ps); 2 × shafts;
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	220
Armament	3 × 5-inch/54 caliber Mk.16 guns; 4 × 3-inch/50 caliber Mk.22 guns; 2 × ASW torpedo racks; 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 2 × Y-gun depth charge throwers; 1 × Depth charge rack;

JDS Yūdachi (DD-108) was the second ship of the Murasame-class destroyer of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

History

Japan
Name	Yūdachi (ゆうだち)
Namesake	Yūdachi (1936)
Ordered	1958
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Laid down	16 December 1957
Launched	29 July 1958
Commissioned	25 March 1959
Decommissioned	30 March 1987
Homeport	Maizuru
Identification	DD-108 ASU-7007
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class & type	Murasame-class destroyer
Displacement	1,800 long tons (1,829 t) standard
Length	108.0 m (354 ft 4 in)
Beam	11.0 m (36 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × Steam turbines (15,000ps) 2 × shafts
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	220
Armament	3 × 5-inch/54 caliber Mk.16 guns 4 × 3-inch/50 caliber Mk.22 guns 2 × ASW torpedo racks 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 × Y-gun depth charge throwers 1 × Depth charge rack