For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Kaga.
JS Kaga (DDH-184) in 2017
History
Japan
Name
Kaga
(加賀)
Namesake
Kaga Province
Ordered
2010
Laid down
7 October 2013
Launched
27 August 2015
Commissioned
22 March 2017
Identification
Hull number: DDH-184
MMSI number: 431999555
Callsign: JSTE
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type
Izumo-class aircraft carrier
Displacement
19,500 long tons (19,800 t) empty;
27,000 long tons (27,000 t) full load
Length
248 m (814 ft)
Beam
38 m (125 ft)
Draft
7.5 m (25 ft)
Propulsion
COGAG, two shafts
4 × GE/IHI LM2500IEC gas turbine
Speed
more than 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Sensors and processing systems
OYQ-12 combat direction system
FCS-3 fire control system
OPS-50 AESA radar
OPS-28 surface-search radar
OQQ-23 bow sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys
NOLQ-3D-1 EW suite
Mark 36 SRBOC
Anti-torpedo mobile decoy (MOD)
Floating acoustic jammer (FAJ)
Armament
2 × Phalanx CIWS
2 × SeaRAM CIWS
Aircraft carried
7 ASW helicopters and 2 SAR helicopters
28 aircraft maximum
JS Kaga (DDH-184) is a helicopter carrier of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).[1] Officially classified as a multi-purpose operation destroyer, she is the second ship in the Izumo class, the other being JS Izumo.[2][3][4] Her namesake arises from Kaga Province (加賀国, Kaga no kuni) in present-day Ishikawa Prefecture.
The ship bears the same name as the World War II-era Kaga, the Tosa-class battleship turned aircraft carrier that was produced in 1928 and participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor. She is also slightly longer than her World War II predecessor. Kaga and Izumo are the first aircraft carriers built by Japan since the end of World War II. Kaga was built as part of a wider Japanese military buildup, triggered by heightened Sino-Japanese tensions regarding the contested ownership of the Senkaku Islands.
^"Another Japanese warship is on its way to carrying F-35B stealth fighters". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
^"海自のヘリコプター搭載護衛艦、「かが」と命名". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). August 27, 2015. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
^"新護衛艦「かが」：旧日本海軍の空母「加賀」 その違いは". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). August 27, 2015. Archived from the original on August 29, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
^Sam LaGrone (August 27, 2015). "Japan Launches Latest Helicopter Carrier". United States Naval Institute.
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