JDS Chōkai
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Chōkai (DDG-176)
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| Name: | 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 |
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| Class & type: | Kongō-class destroyer |
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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) |
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| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 300 |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
NOLQ-2 intercept / jammer |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 × SH-60K helicopter |
JDS 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.
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Service[edit]
This ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[1]
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External links[edit]
Media related to JS Chōkai (DDG-176) at Wikimedia Commons
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