I’ve been looking for a while now and I knew I had them, here they are, the two proposals for the new Japanese Helicopeter Destroyer (DDH-X)
Sorry these are the only pics I have!
**Edit**
As you can see, one is more like a LPH than a DDH, but the other would have greater stealth characteristics.
Glenn, perhaps Maiko could translate the pics for us?
By: Ja Worsley - 6th September 2004 at 13:59
after a search, this is the only pic I could find and it came off a serb military site (go figure)
By: GDL - 6th September 2004 at 13:01
Unfortunately I don’t have a scanner so I can’t send it anywhere Ja. Sorry.
By: Ja Worsley - 6th September 2004 at 12:46
I’d be very interested in seeing that mate, don’t suppose you could email it to me?
By: GDL - 6th September 2004 at 08:07
There’s another sketch in the newest edition of Jane’s fighting ships. It looks like your first picture.
That would be because the final design will resemble it. I have a full colour 3D CGI image of the current design in one of my new books from Japan. Compared to the first pic Ja posted there is a change to the Island structure, and the deck shape, but the overall design and function remains the same.
By: Bucko - 5th September 2004 at 19:24
There’s another sketch in the newest edition of Jane’s fighting ships. It looks like your first picture.
By: Ja Worsley - 5th September 2004 at 19:15
it does mate, infact it’s stronger than the rear door
By: SteveO - 5th September 2004 at 17:45
The layout of the second DDH proposal is similar to Australia’s Landing Platform Amphibious class.
That forward facing hanger door must take a lot of punishment in bad weather!
HMAS Kanimbla during exercise Ocean Protector (February 2001)
By: SteveO - 5th September 2004 at 17:04
Looks very useful, heres something similar from the Netherlands
http://www.scheldeshipbuilding.com/schelde%20enforcer.htm
Schelde ENFORCER LPD 17000
By: Ja Worsley - 5th September 2004 at 15:17
The second pic is the older proposal.
Wasn’t aware that things had advanced further, if you have any info, please share it!
And Maiko is pretty busy in Japan right now
That must be hard on you, long distance relationships take so much work on both ends.
maybe when she gets back here she will have more time to do that, and other stuff too.
Riiiiiight
By: GDL - 5th September 2004 at 14:55
Ja, I can still read quite a bit of Japanese but the ship spec details in the first pic are not clear enough to translate. I might have the same picture in a book. I will check. And Maiko is pretty busy in Japan right now, but maybe when she gets back here she will have more time to do that, and other stuff too.
The second pic is the older proposal.
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