Yukikaze (雪風; "Snowy Wind") was a Kagerō-class destroyer in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She was the only member of her
Two Japanese destroyers have been named Yukikaze : Japanese destroyer Yukikaze (1939), a Kagerō-class destroyer launched in 1939 and ceded to the Republic
Tokitsukaze, was assigned to Destroyer Division 16 (Yukikaze, Tokisukaze, Amatsukaze, Hatsukaze), and a member of Destroyer Squadron 2 of the IJN 2nd Fleet
(磯風; "Wind on the Beach") was one of 19 Kagerō-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1930s. Isokaze escorted the aircraft carriers
Warship Profile 22; IJN Yukikaze/Destroyer/1939-1970. Profile Publications Ltd. CombinedFleet.com: Kagero-class destroyers CombinedFleet.com: Amatsukaze
(Maru Ichi Keikaku). Along with the destroyer Yukikaze, she developed a reputation within the Imperial Japanese Navy for being "lucky" or "unsinkable", emerging
of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Arms & Armour Press, 1977. ISBN 1-85409-525-0. Stille, Mark. Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919-45 (1) – Minekaze
mounts, whereas Yukikaze received 14 single mounts and four Type 93 13 mm machine guns. Hamakaze became the first Japanese destroyer to be equipped with
destroyers built by the United States during World War II. The class was designed in 1939 as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader
was finished off by gunfire from the light cruiser Yahagi and the destroyers Yukikaze, Isokaze, Urakaze, and Nowaki. Yamato resumed firing on the escort