JDS Hyūga (DDH-181)

History
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
Status:	in active service
General characteristics
Class and 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 (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.

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

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.

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