JS Hyūga

	JS Hyūga during sea exercise
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
Identification	MMSI number: 431999693; Callsign: JSNI;
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
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 Template:Sclass- 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.^[1]

Service

This ship delivered supplies and undertook in disaster relief operations after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.^[2]

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.^[3]

In June 2017, Hyūga along with JS Ashigara joined the US Navy's Carrier Strike Group 1 and Carrier Strike Group 5 off the Korean Peninsula in response to increased tensions over North Korea's nuclear weapons program.