![]() ![]() ![]() The 22 does not reference the displacement, and in any event Asian navies always disclose empty displacement instead of loaded or full displacement. ![]() Heisei 22 is the 22nd year of rule by Emperor Akihito. Heisei is the name of the reign of the current emperor. The designation 22DDH is short for helicopter destroyer project, Heisei Year 22. The 22DDH Class helicopter destroyer is Japan's first aircraft carrier since the Great Pacific War. On 06 August 2013, 68 years later to the day, Japan formally unveiled to the public the first of its 22DDH Class helicopter escort, the Izumo, which is larger than any of the aircraft carriers that Japan employed in the attack on Pearl Harbor. On August 6th, 1945, an atomic bomb destroyed the city of Hiroshima. The Izumo will be housed at the Yokosuka Naval Base near Tokyo. "This vessel can serve in a wide range of roles, including peace keeping operations, and international disaster relief and aid," said Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani during a ceremony Wednesday welcoming the vessel at the Japan United Marine shipyard in Yokohama, about 45 minutes south of Tokyo. It says therefore the vessel is not considered to be an attack aircraft carrier, which the government says would be incompatible with its nonaggressive defense policy.Ī ceremony was held at a pier in Yokohama City, near Tokyo, to mark the handover of the vessel from its manufacturer to the Maritime Self-Defense Force. The Japanese Defense Ministry does not plan to use the vessel for fighter aircraft. It is officially designated a "helicopter destroyer", even though it is as big as the aircraft carriers Japan used during the attack on Pearl Harbor. On 25 March 2015 Japan took delivery of the largest Japanese warship since World War II. Beginning in May 2017, the Izumo helicopter carrier would visit Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka before joining the Malabar joint naval exercise with Indian and US naval vessels in the Indian Ocean in July 2017. On 13 March 2017 Japan disclosed plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War II. The Maritime Self-Defense Force took part in a joint drill with the USS Carl Vinson-led aircraft carrier strike group. It is the first time such duties have been undertaken. Japan's new security laws that came into force in March last year enable the country's Self-Defense Forces to guard US warships operating even in peacetime to defend Japan. The US naval fleet is on guard against any North Korean moves in the Sea of Japan. The US supply ship would head to waters surrounding the Korean Peninsula, where it will refuel the US Aegis-equipped destroyers in the region. Izumo was expected to continue on a long voyage to southeast Asia and elsewhere. Izumo would guard the US vessel as the ships travel to the coast off Shikoku Island before going their separate ways the next day. The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer began escorting a US supply ship along Japan's Pacific coast, on a mission under Japan's new national security legislation. It left its base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo in the morning. The Izumo, Japan's largest scale destroyer, joined the US vessel off Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo on. Instead, the Izumos would be called a "multi-purpose operation destroyer". Japan does not call it an aircraft carrier to avoid criticism that such "offensive" platforms would violate country's pacifist constitution. It calls for refurbishing the destroyer Izumo to accommodate such jets. Japan's government decided in December 2018 on the new National Defense Program Guidelines, under which Japan will introduce state-of-the-art F-35B stealth fighter jets that can take off from short runways on remote islands and aircraft carriers, and make vertical landings. The ships will need reinforced decks to withstand the heat blast from F-35 engines and could be fitted with ramps to aid short take-offs The navy's two large helicopter carriers, the Izumo and Kaga, will be modified to accommodate F-35B operations. The 248-meter- (814-ft.)long Izumo-class ships are as big as any of Japan's aircraft carriers in World War II. ![]()
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