JS Hyūga

JS Hyūga
JS Hyūga
Name:	JS Hyūga
Namesake:	Hyūga Province
Builder:	IHI Marine United
Laid down:	11 May 2006
Launched:	23 August 2007
Commissioned:	18 March 2009
Homeport:	Maizuru
Identification:	Maritime Mobile Service Identity number: 431999693; Callsign: JSNI;
Status:	in active service, as of 2024
General characteristics
Class & type:	Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer
Displacement:	13,950 long tons (14,170 t) standard;; 19,000 long tons (19,000 t) full load;
Length:	197 m (646 ft)
Beam:	33 m (108 ft)
Propulsion:	COGAG, two shafts, 100,000 hp (75,000 kW)
Speed:	more than 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Sensors and ; processing systems:	ATECS (advanced technology command system) OYQ-10 advanced combat direction system; FCS-3 AAW system; OQQ-21 ASW system; NOLQ-3C EW system; OPS-20C surface search radar; ;
Armament:	16 cells Mk 41 VLS 16 ESSM; 12 RUM-139 VL ASROC; ; 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 2 × triple 324 mm torpedo tubes; 12.7mm MG;
Aircraft carried:	3 × SH-60K, 1 × MCH-101; 18 aircraft maximum;
Aviation facilities:	Flight Deck, Hangar Deck

For other ships of the same name, see Japanese ship Hyūga.

JS Hyūga (DDH-181) is the lead ship of the Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

The ship was built by IHI Marine United and commissioned into military service on 18 March 2009.^[1]

Service[]

This ship delivered supplies and undertook in disaster relief operations after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.^[2]

Hyūga became the first Japanese ship to have an American MV-22 Osprey land aboard it during exercise Dawn Blitz in San Diego, California on June 14, 2013.^[3]

In June 2017, the Hyūga along with JS Ashigara joined the US Navy's Carrier Strike Group 1 and Carrier Strike Group 5 off the Korean Peninsula in response to increased tensions over North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

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Notes[]

↑ GlobalSecurity.org, DDH-161 Hyuga/16DDH "13,500 ton" ton Class
↑ Seawaves,"Warships Supporting Earthquake in Japan" Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ San Diego Union-Tribune,"Marines land Osprey on Japanese ship, a first"

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[1] GlobalSecurity.org, DDH-161 Hyuga/16DDH "13,500 ton" ton Class

[2] Seawaves,"Warships Supporting Earthquake in Japan" Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine.

[3] San Diego Union-Tribune,"Marines land Osprey on Japanese ship, a first"

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JS Hyūga


Career (Japan)
Name:	JS Hyūga
Namesake:	Hyūga Province
Builder:	IHI Marine United
Laid down:	11 May 2006
Launched:	23 August 2007
Commissioned:	18 March 2009
Homeport:	Maizuru
Identification:	Maritime Mobile Service Identity number: 431999693 Callsign: JSNI
Status:	in active service, as of 2024^[update]

General characteristics
Class & type:	Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer
Displacement:	13,950 long tons (14,170 t) standard; 19,000 long tons (19,000 t) full load
Length:	197 m (646 ft)
Beam:	33 m (108 ft)
Propulsion:	COGAG, two shafts, 100,000 hp (75,000 kW)
Speed:	more than 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Sensors and processing systems:	ATECS (advanced technology command system) OYQ-10 advanced combat direction system FCS-3 AAW system OQQ-21 ASW system NOLQ-3C EW system OPS-20C surface search radar
Armament:	16 cells Mk 41 VLS 16 ESSM 12 RUM-139 VL ASROC 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × triple 324 mm torpedo tubes 12.7mm MG
Aircraft carried:	3 × SH-60K, 1 × MCH-101 18 aircraft maximum
Aviation facilities:	Flight Deck, Hangar Deck

JS Hyūga

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