Helicopter carrier Izumo 360 degree views

[bikkuri bahn]

Some interesting 360 views of this new warship (19500 tons), especially the interiors:

http://www.sankei.com/photo/panorama/news/160405/pnr1604050001-n1.html

[HantuBlauLOL]

What would be the planes? Mitsubishi F2, or are they going to buy some new F35s?

[miyakoji]

For some reason I clicked on this expecting to see a 381 series...

[railsquid]

Pssst, it's not a "carrier", it's a "destroyer" that just happens to be bigger than the carriers of some other countries.

[bikkuri bahn]

Second carrier launched:

Japan has launched new Izumo-class helicopter carrier, Kaga, at the Japan Marine United shipyard in Yokohama on Thursday.

The 24,000-ton DDH-184 carrier is considered as second largest ship since world war ll. The ship has been named after the World War II Imperial Japanese Navy carrier ‘Kaga’ that was part of Pearl Harbor attack, sinking in the Battle Midway.

It is due to be commissioned in March 2017, the sputnik reported Thursday.

 

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/13875/Japan_Launches_Latest_Helicopter_Carrier__Kaga_#.VeAnGrvovVI