air raids. As a result of participating in and surviving some of the most dangerous battles the IJN had fought, Yukikaze is very popular in Japan, being called "the unsinkable ship" and "the miracle ship" much like prior to that ship's sinking by the . Yukikaze took part in more than 10 major battles, and more than 100 escort missions and resupply transport missions during World War II. After the war, she was used as a transport to bring home Japanese military forces still abroad. Yukikaze, and were the only ships to survive among the 82 Japanese destroyers built before the war. ROCS Dan Yang On 6 July 1947, Yukikaze was transferred to the Republic of China as a war reparation, where she was renamed Dan Yang ( DD-12). All destroyers were named after Yang regardless of country of origin. Dan Yang served as flagship of the Republic of China Navy. It was an unarmed training vessel until 1952. In 1953, it was fitted with Type 89 12.7 cm/40 dual mounted guns, in addition to the Type 98 10cm/65 dual mounted guns already in use. In 1956, Dan Yang had all the Japanese armaments removed and replaced with three open air mounted 5"/38 caliber guns, 3"/50 caliber guns replaced the torpedo tubes, Bofors 40 mm guns, and newer depth charge launchers. The Republic of China Navy had no use for the original torpedo tubes as they did not have access to the appropriate armaments. She is notable for visiting Manila where 50,000 overseas Chinese visited her in August 1953. Dan Yangs service included patrolling the South China Sea and intercepting incoming ships carrying wartime materials into Shanghai. On 4 October 1953, she captured the Polish civilian oil tanker Praca at 21°06'N 122°48'E in the West Pacific Ocean, 125 sea miles southeast of Taiwan. On 12 May 1954, She bombarded to capture another Polish civilian freighter Prezydent Gottwald with machinery and medicines at 23°45'N 128°35'E. On 23 June 1954, she captured the civilian oil tanker Tuapse of the Soviet Union carrying kerosene eastbound at in the high sea of Balintang Channel near Philippines All ships were confiscated into the ROC Navy list, and the crews were either released, executed or detained for various time frames up to 35 years in captivity till 1988. She also saw action along the Taiwan Strait in a supporting role as it was one of the