JDS Chōkai
JS Chōkai (DDG-176) | |
History | |
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Japan | |
Name: | JS Chōkai (DDG-176) |
Namesake: | Mount Chōkai |
Ordered: | 1993 |
Builder: | IHI Corporation, Tokyo |
Laid down: | May 29, 1995 |
Launched: | August 27, 1996 |
Commissioned: | March 20, 1998 |
Fate: | Active |
Status: | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Kongō-class destroyer |
Displacement: |
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Length: | 528.2 ft (161.0 m) |
Beam: | 68.9 ft (21.0 m) |
Draft: | 20.3 ft (6.2 m) |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
Range: |
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Complement: | 300 |
Sensors and processing systems: |
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Electronic warfare & decoys: | NOLQ-2 intercept / jammer |
Armament: |
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Aircraft carried: | 1 × SH-60K helicopter |
JS Chōkai (DDG-176) is a Kongō-class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Chōkai was named for Mount Chōkai.
She was laid down by IHI Corporation in Tokyo on May 29, 1995, launched on August 27, 1996; and commissioned on March 20, 1998.
Service
This ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[1] In 2016, she participated in the biannual Exercise RIMPAC.
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External links
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