Indeed, and what kind of girls were they?... right...I'm honored!Their speed was like zoom-zoom-zoooom, and their armament was like bam-bam-baaaam!The design of the Harukaze-class was based on that of the American Navy's Gearing-class and of the former Japanese Navy's Shiratsuyu-class!Yukikaze's name was chosen for her fortune during the war, and Harukaze's because her luck as an escort fit the Self-Defense Force's mission.
During the war, Harukaze (1922) escorted many troop convoys and, while damaged, survived the warThe Self-Defense Force's first domestically-built escort ships were called Harukaze and Yukikaze!
The JMSDF uses a different name (lit. "escort vessel") for their post-war destroyers, but they are still considered destroyers and use the DD classification code
