After the official surrender of the Japanese to the Allies on September 2, 1945, Yukikaze was still providing security duty between Kure and Maizuru. On October 5, 1945, she was decommissioned, her last Japanese Captain, CO. Koeu Keiji, was demobilized on duty, her armaments were completely removed and she become a transport ship and used for repatriation missions . She transport troops from the Southern Pacific Area, mostly on Rabaul, back to Japan until December 28, 1946. She was assigned for 15 transport missions with a total of 10,003 troops back to Japan. one of the troops she carried was Mizuki Shigeru, a future mangaka.
After her transport duties, she was handed to the Americans and was put within special storage, they continued her maintenance afterwards. Several allied crew inspected her, they were amaze about the Japanese superior designs to their destroyers despite the damaged she had sustained throughout the previous war.
On March 31, 1946, the civil war between the Republic of China and the Communist Party of China resumed. On July 3, 1947, she arrived at the Port of Shanghai, on July 6, 1947, she was transferred to the Republic of China. On May 1, 1948, she was commissioned to the Republic of China Navy and renamed ROCS Tan Yang DD-12, she was assigned as the flagship of the ROCN. During the defeat of the KMT against the CPC on late 1948, Tan Yang evacuated Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek from Shaghai to Taiwan on December 10, 1949.
As she arrived at Taiwan, Tan Yang was fitted with old Japanese armaments, her initial armaments are two twin 12.7cm 40 cal. Type-89 naval guns, four twin 10cm 65 cal. Type-98 guns, and eight 25mm Type-89 and Type-98 auto-cannons.
After rearming she leaded a gesture visit to the Philippines on August of 1953, then she returned to Taiwan afterwards and conducted naval blockade around the coasts of the PRC controlled mainland and intercepted Polish oil tankers and Soviet transport. On June of 1954, she seized a Soviet oil tanker.
On 1956, her old Japanese armaments were removed due to lack of appropriate ammunition and problem with maintenance. These were replaced by three American MK-12 5 inch 38 cal. dual-purpose open mount and naval guns, two 3 inch 50 cal. guns, her torpedo tubes were removed and replaced by ten Bofors 40mm auto-cannons, they also installed new depth charge launchers for anti-submarine warfare.
She was involved on The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis which started from August 23 to September 22, 1958. She bombarded Kinmen on August 23, 1958, she also participate rescuing ROCS Tou Jiang during the Liao Luowan naval engagement. She participated another naval engagement on August 3, 1959, she sank one PRC patrol boat and damaged another during the engagement. She conducted her last exercise on December 14, 1965, she was retired on December 16, 1965 because of troubles from her old engines.
She was once again decommissioned on November 16, 1966, she was moored at Hong Kong Harbor and used as a training ship. The Japanese government launched a campaign that Tan Yang, or should we say Yukikaze, be returned to Japan upon decommission and be preserve as a museum ship, but the ROC refused, furthermore, Tan Yang was grounded by a typhoon during the summer of 1969, these led to the failure of the campaign. Tan Yang was decided to be scrapped afterwards, she was dismantled on December 31, 1971.
Though on December 8, 1971, her anchor and her helm was returned to Japan. Her anchor is now displayed within the garden of the Naval History Museum of Etajima which also includes her helm. Her screw was left back in Taiwan and now displayed within the Naval Academy at Kaohsiung.