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JS Izumo (DDH-183) is a helicopter carrier which, as of 2022, is being converted into a light aircraft carrier. Officially classified as a multi-purpose operation destroyer, she is the lead ship in the Izumo class of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
The Izumo-class destroyers (いずも型護衛艦, Izumo-gata-goei-kan) are helicopter destroyers in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). [2] [3] The official classification of these ships is DDH (helicopter-carrying destroyer), [4] which is accepted by the United States Naval Institute; [2] in contrast, Jane's Fighting Ships describes this official classification, but ...
The ship bears the same name as the World War II-era Kaga, the Tosa-class battleship turned aircraft carrier that was produced in 1928 and participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor. She is also slightly longer than her World War II predecessor. Kaga and Izumo are the first aircraft carriers built by Japan since the end of World War II.
The JS Kaga is an Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer initially designed to accommodate up to 28 military helicopters.. The vessel measures just over 800 feet and weighs 24,000 tons — far ...
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(de facto helicopter carrier) JS Hyūga: DDH-181 2009 19,000 tonnes [9] JS Ise: DDH-182 2011 Izumo-class: 2: DDH (de facto light aircraft carrier) JS Izumo: DDH-183 2015 27,000 tonnes Converting into light aircraft carrier configuration to carry F-35B V/STOL fighters from the mid-2020s. [10] [11] JS Kaga: DDH-184 2017
This month, US Marine Corps F-35Bs became the first fixed-wing aircraft to operate on a Japanese aircraft carrier in 75 years. Japan is converting its 2 biggest warships into aircraft carriers ...
Hyūga was described in a PBS documentary as the "first Japanese aircraft carrier built since WWII". [2] The Hyūgas were followed by the larger Izumo class, the first being commissioned in March 2015. The Izumos replaced the Shirane-class helicopter destroyers; [3] the Hyūgas were originally meant to replace the Shiranes. [1]