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 Shirane and Haruna classes of destroyer currently in use. The new ships will be the largest operated by Japan since the end of the Imperial Japanese Navy. USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ... The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) is the maritime branch of the Japanese Self-Defense Force, tasked with the naval defense of Japan and formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy after World War II. The force is based strictly on defensive armament, lacking the offensive weapons... The Shirane class destroyers are a class of Japanese destroyer originally built during the late 1970s and still in active service. ... The Haruna class destroyers are a class of Japanese destroyer originally built during the 1970s and still in active service. ... The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun) or sometimes referred to as the Combined Fleet was the Navy of Empire of Japan (Dai Nippon Teikoku) from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japans constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling...

The class' code-name (16DDH) derives from the Japanese calendar, specifically the 16th year of the Heisei emperor (2005), when the provisional title was given. Emperor Akihito reads the Speech from the Throne to the Japanese Diet His Imperial Majesty Akihito (明仁) (born December 23, 1933) is the current and 125th Emperor of Japan. ...

Ships in the class

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Current and future combatant ship classes of the JMSDF The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) is the maritime branch of the Japanese Self-Defense Force, tasked with the naval defense of Japan, and was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy after World War II. The force is based strictly on defensive armament, lacking the offensive...