13500t class DDH

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13500t class DDH
General Characteristics
Displacement:	13500 tons standard
Length:	m
Beam:	m
Draft:	m
Propulsion:	COGAG, two shafts,
Speed:	30+ knots (56 km/h)
Crew Complement:	380
Armament:	• 16 cells Mk 41 VLS • 2 x 20 mm CIWS • 2 x triple 324 mm torpedo tubes • 12.7mm MG
Aircraft:	• 3 x SH-60K • 1 x MCH-101

The "16DDH" class is a new type of helicopter destroyer (DDH) currently under construction for use by the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force. It is planned to replace the Haruna class destroyers currently in use. The new ships will be the largest combatant ship operated by Japan since the end of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

The class' code-name (16DDH) derives from the Japanese calendar, specifically the 16th year of the Heisei reign (2005), when the provisional title was given.

[edit] Ships in the class

Penant no.	Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Homeport
DDH-???	?????(16DDH)	May 2006	August 2007	March 2009	?????
DDH-???	?????(18DDH)	-	-	-	?????

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Current and future combatant ship classes of the JMSDF

DDH : Destroyer Helicopter	13500t class \| Shirane class \| Haruna class
DDG : Guided Missile Destroyer	Atago class \| Kongo class \| Hatakaze class \| Tachikaze class
DD : Destroyer	5000t class \| Takanami class \| Murasame class \| Asagiri class \| Hatsuyuki class
DE : Destroyer Escort	Abukuma class \| Yubari class \| Ishikari
SS : Submarine	2900t class \| Oyashio class \| Harushio class
See also	List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force