JS Yūdachi (DD-103)

JS Yūdachi on 7 September 2019.
History
Japan
Name
  • Yūdachi
  • (ゆうだち)
Ordered1994
BuilderMitsui, Tamano
Laid down18 March 1996
Launched19 August 1997
Commissioned4 March 1999
HomeportŌminato
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class & typeMurasame-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 4,550 tons standard,
  • 6,200 tons hull load
Length151 m (495 ft 5 in)
Beam17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Draft5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement165
Sensors &
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-60J/K anti-submarine helicopter

JS Yūdachi (DD-103) is the third ship of Murasame-class destroyer (1994) destroyers. She was commissioned on 4 March 1999.