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Check this out, I posted it in the Ship Forum earlier but think it will get better reception here. They classify it as a destroyer!
http://news.msn.com/world/japan-unveils-its-largest-warship-since-world-war-ii?ocid=ansnews11
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pretty cool looking
should name it Akagi,would love to see that
Kobyashi Maru or Mushashi would be good names for it as well..
It is an odd looking destroyer though... I don't see a single 5" gun anywhere.
At 820 feet she is the longest destroyer that I know of by far.
Destroyer!?!?!?! Uh....yeah, o.k..
Ironic that the IZUMO was launched on 6 August 2013.....68th anniversary of the dropping of "Little Boy" on Hiroshima.
Greg H
"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell." Gen. Wm T. Sherman (11 April 1880, Columbus, Ohio)
Hmmm...well...I guess attack helicopters or VTOL/STOL aircrafts launched from her can destroy something...so, destroyer...
subfixer At 820 feet she is the longest destroyer that I know of by far.
Same length as the USS Tarawa (LHA-1) Amphibious Assault ship. Interesting, especially if they opt for the F-35B sometime in the future.
Interesting, apparently the Japanese don't operate anything bigger than a destroyer and the term was deemed less aggressive sounding than say light or helicopter carrier.
Seems she's a little larger than the similar South Korean Dokdo class helicopter carrier / amphibious assault ships and slightly smaller than the Chinese light carrier Lianoning.
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
I can see them operating the F-35B, no doubt about it. Maybe even some old AV-8Bs in the interim. They are squabbling over the Senkaku Islands with the Chinese.
SWEEEEET!! and little scary.
What are they up to? Destroyer huh? True, I guess. When deployed and fully loaded she'll be able to "destroy" quite a bit, so..........
Bill.
On the bench: Lindberg 1/32 scale 1934 Ford Coupe and a few rescue projects.
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Well , I don't know about you ,but at 820 feet in length I would have to call her a Carrier ! And she's a nice looking one too .Destroyer , Yeah Sure ! Tanker - Builder
I think we got up to CV-9 when the fight decks became longer by more than just a couple of feet.
CV-8 Hornet- 824 foot flight deck
Maybe Japan would be interested in some B-25s..
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
Definitely has that 'carrier ' feel to her. beautiful ship.
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