Izumo (ship, 2013)

Izumo

The Izumo in December 2016

Ship data flag  Japan Ship type Helicopter carrier class Izumo class home port Yokosuka Shipyard Japan Marine United Corporation , Yokohama Launch August 6, 2013 Whereabouts in motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 248 m ( Lüa ) width 38.0 m Draft Max. 7.5 m displacement approx. 19,800 t   crew approx. 520 men

Machine system machine 4 × gas turbines Top speed 30 kn (56 km / h) propeller 2 × propellers

Armament 2 × Phalanx CIWS close-range defense systems 2 × SeaRAM Torpedo Defense System

The Izumo ( Japanese い ず も ; DDH-183) is a helicopter carrier of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces put into service on March 25, 2015 and the type ship of the Izumo class . The name was taken from the historical province of Izumo .

construction

The Izumo was laid down in the shipyard of Japan Marine United Corporation , a subsidiary of IHI , in Yokohama on January 27, 2012. It was launched on August 6, 2013 and its home port is Yokosuka . The construction costs amounted to the equivalent of 1.2 billion US dollars. For constitutional reasons, helicopter carriers of the self-defense forces such as the Izumo are officially referred to as “helicopter destroyers ” (DDH, Japanese ヘ リ コ プ タ ー 搭載 護衛艦 , herikoputā tōsai goeikan , the Japanese term for “destroyer” literally meaning “escort ship”).

Calls

In August 2015, took Izumo in a civil protection exercise of authority for maritime security in Tokyo in part.

The Izumo began its first significant mission on May 1, 2017, when it set off for a 100-day training mission in the South China Sea together with the anti-submarine destroyer Sazanami . There she accompanied the bulk carrier USNS Richard E. Byrd and carried out maneuvering and communication exercises with the Littoral Combat Ship Coronado . She arrived in Singapore on May 14, 2017 to attend a naval event. Further exercises with the United States Navy , the Indian Navy and other ASEAN naval forces are planned.

See also

• List of aircraft carriers

Web links

Commons : Izumo (DDH-183)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

1. ↑ Japan provokes China with super warship , accessed on May 20, 2017
2. ↑ Japan's Largest Warship Concludes Drill With US Navy Littoral Combat Ship , accessed May 20, 2017
3. ↑ Destroyer Izumo arrives in Singapore ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed on May 20, 2017