ROCS Tan Yang was a Kagerō-Class Destroyer which was built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the year of 1939. Her given name by the Imperial Japanese Navy was Yukikaze (雪風). Approximately 19 Kagerō-class destroyers were built, Yukikaze being the only Kagerō-class destroyer to survive the war. After World War II on 6 July 1947 the Yukikaze was transferred to the Republic of China Navy where she was renamed Tan Yang.

ROCS Tan Yang served between the years 1947 to 1966.

Preceded by:  Asashio class

Succeeded by: Yūgumo & Akizuki class

ROCS Tan Yang escaped China with the ROC government to Taiwan in 1949. During the Chinese Civil War The ROCN remain loyal to the ROC government.

Yukikaze saw a lot of action while serving in the Imperial Japanese Navy, where she participated in the invasions of the Philippines and Dutch East Indies. She also saw action in Midway, Santa Cruz, Leyte Gulf & the Philippine Sea. Like many of the other Kagerō-class destroyers, Yukikaze spent a lot of time shuttling troops around Guadalcanal as well as partaking in the many engagements around the Islands.

Yukikaze was involved in over 100 escort and resupply missions, and was involved in 10 notable engagements during World War II. Of those 10 engagements 2 really stand out. 

1.18:00 on 28 November 1944 Yakikaze left port escorting IJN Shinano after she was ordered to sail from the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal to Kure Naval Base. 9 hours and 15 minutes after departing Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Shinano was sunk by by 4 of 6 torpedoes fired from the U.S. Navy submarine Archerfish on the 29th Of November 1944. 

2.On April 6th 1945 Yakikaze, this time escorting IJN Yamato and 8 other warships that made up Operation Ten-Go, set to sea on a deliberate suicide attack on the Allied Forces that were engaged in the Battle of Okinawa. American submarines Threadfin and Hackleback cited the Japanese force almost immediately and reported it to the U.S. Fleet. By 14:05 the following day Yakikaze changed roles from its place in the defensive ring formed around Yamato, to one of rescuing Yamato's sailors from the ocean.

Because Yakikaze was involved in some of the Imperial Japanese Navy's most fierce and dangerous naval engagements, she is revered in Japan even to this day and has been given such names as the “unsinkable ship” and “the Miracle ship”