Second “Helicopter Destroyer” Commissioned into MSDF

[jha]

Second “Helicopter Destroyer” Commissioned into MSDF

JS Ise, the second and last of the Hyuga-class helicopter destroyers, has officially joined the fleet. Ise was commissioned into the Maritime Self Defense Forces on March 16th, 2011, five days after the Tohoku Earthquake. Ise was built by IHI at the Yokohama Shipyard and launched in August 2009.

At 18,000 tons fully loaded, Hyuga and Ise are both two and a half times larger than the ships they were designed to replace, the Haruna-class destroyers. The MSDF seems to be following the lead of the U.S. Navy in fielding fewer, heavier ships.

There is some speculation that the Hyuga-class ships could embark a small contingent of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. However, the ship is not equipped with a bow ski-ramp necessary to launch such fighters, and the two hangar elevators are located down the center of the flight deck. Sorry, maybe the 22DDH ships will be more accommodating.

http://newpacificinstitute.org/jsw/?p=5788

 

[hamtaro]

hopefully german navy will aquire similar ships

 

[jha]

 

[Kinetic]

I like that ship. Its most modern of its type operational today. Even stealthy.

 

[500]

What this photoshop suppose to mean?

 

[hamtaro]

the ship behind the the larger version of wich 2 are planned
and they may be able to host f35, even if it would not make sense for japs to purchase such small carriers imo

19000t class destroyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Pakchina]

Good news-the Japanese Imperial Army responsible for mass killing, atrocities and civilian massacres of Chinese women and children during World War II could use these beautiful helicopter carriers for fighting the radioactive leakage of the fukushima nuclear plant instead of dumping the radioactive water into the sea. China and all neighbouring nations should ask Japan for financial compensations and damages not only due to the civilian massacre and war atrocities committed by the Japanese Imperial Army but also for voluntarily dumping radioactive water into the sea and for constructing a nuclear plant in a seismic region nearby the coast therefore vulnerable to earthquake and tsunami.

 

[Penguin]

hopefully german navy will aquire similar ships

Not very likely ;-)

 

[Penguin]

Good news-the Japanese Imperial Army responsible for mass killing, atrocities and civilian massacres of Chinese women and children during World War II could use these beautiful helicopter carriers for fighting the radioactive leakage of the fukushima nuclear plant instead of dumping the radioactive water into the sea. China and all neighbouring nations should ask Japan for financial compensations and damages not only due to the civilian massacre and war atrocities committed by the Japanese Imperial Army but also for voluntarily dumping radioactive water into the sea and for constructing a nuclear plant in a seismic region nearby the coast therefore vulnerable to earthquake and tsunami.

What do you mean 'Japanese Imperial Army': those who were 15 in 1945 - and may have served - are today 81 years old.

The 1972 Nixon visit to China encouraged the normalization process. His visit to Beijing culminated in the signing a joint statement on September 29, 1972. It established diplomatic relations between Japan and the PRC. In a point of Chinese view, an impressive compromise was attained. The Japanese agreed to most of the PRC’s demands, including the political status of Taiwan. Subsequently, the bilateral economic relationships grow rapidly: 28 Japanese and 30 Chinese economic and trade missions visited their partner country. The joint communiqué says:[4]
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5.The Government of the People's Republic of China declares that in the interest of the friendship between the Chinese and the Japanese peoples, it renounces its demand for war reparation from Japan.

People's Republic of China

According to the Treaty of Peace with Japan and the bilateral agreements, Japan agreed to pay around 1 trillion and 30 billion yen. For countries that renounced any reparations from Japan, it agreed to pay indemnity and/or grants in accordance with bilateral agreements.

War reparations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Penguin]

As much as I like the new ships, I am going to miss the ships they are replacing: fine ASW specialist designs, powerfull ships.

 

[khurasaan1]

Nice pics bro...

 

[hamtaro]

Not very likely ;-)

actually 2 joint support ships are planned