Japan's largest warship since WW2

[nikimcbee]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_WARSHIP?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-08-06-05-19-06

Pretty cool.:salute:

[Mr Quatro]

Sure looks like a carrier ... if I saw this target in a periscope I sure wouldn't report it as a destroyer.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/japan-unveils-largest-warship-since-130234811.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/japan-unveils-largest-warship-since-130234811.html)


Though technically a destroyer, some experts believe the new Japanese ship could potentially be used in the future to launch fighter jets or other aircraft that have the ability to take off vertically. That would be a departure for Japan, which has one of the best equipped and best trained naval forces in the Pacific but which has not sought to build aircraft carriers of its own because of constitutional restrictions that limit its military forces to a defensive role.

Japan says it has no plans to use the ship in that manner.

[Wxman]

Japan Unveils Largest Warship Since WWII (http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/japan-unveils-largest-warship-world-war-ii-19878986)
By ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press
YOKOHAMA, Japan August 6, 2013 (AP)

Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest warship since World War II, a huge flat-top destroyer that has raised eyebrows in China and elsewhere because it bears a strong resemblance to a conventional aircraft carrier.

The ship, which has a flight deck that is nearly 250 meters (820 feet) long, is designed to carry up to 14 helicopters. Japanese officials say it will be used in national defense — particularly in anti-submarine warfare and border-area surveillance missions — and to bolster the nation's ability to transport personnel and supplies in response to large-scale natural disasters, like the devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011...

[EXCERPTED: read entire article at abcnews.go.com...japan-unveils-largest-warship-world-war-ii... (http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/japan-unveils-largest-warship-world-war-ii-19878986)]

http://a.abcnews.com/images/International/AP_izumo_dm_130806_16x9_992.jpg
Image source: from article




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[Subnuts]

Can a warship really be described as a "destroyer" when it has a full-load displacement almost three times greater than an Arleigh Burke-class, which were so large that some considered classifying them as cruisers when the first few were commissioned? :hmmm:

[Wxman]

Agreed. I'm not buyin' it either. Who do they think they're kidding?

As 'they' say, "You could put wheels on my grandmother but that don't make her a wagon."

Or put in another way, s'pose you say a dog's tail counts as a leg. How many legs does a dog have then?

[Wxman]

They already have two of the smaller Hyuga Class (http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/16ddh.htm) that look almost exactly the same as, just smaller, as the second one of these:

http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/22DDH-0006.jpg

JAPANS NEW IZUMO, DDH-183 AIRCRAFT CARRIER (http://www.jeffhead.com/worldwideaircraftcarriers/22ddh.htm)

It'll take about 12-18 mmonths to get that bad boy completely fitted out and sea trialed.

[Jimbuna]

Nice looking vessel :cool:

[nikimcbee]

The spirit of the Cavalla is stirring.:Kaleun_Periskop::Kaleun_Salivating:

[Jimbuna]

The spirit of the Cavalla is stirring.:Kaleun_Periskop::Kaleun_Salivating:

LOL :)

[Cybermat47]

That would be a departure for Japan, which has one of the best equipped and best trained naval forces in the Pacific but which has not sought to build aircraft carriers of its own because of constitutional restrictions that limit its military forces to a defensive role

I see what they did there :cool: