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JS Kaga (DDH-184) is a helicopter carrier being converted into an aircraft carrier beginning in March, 2022. Officially classified as a multi-purpose operation destroyer, she is the second ship in the Izumo class of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), the other being JS Izumo.[1][2][3] Her namesake arises from Kaga Province (加賀国, Kaga no kuni) in present-day Ishikawa Prefecture.
Update:
Upgrades will be mainly done to increase flight deck area by removing the original bow deck, the original bow deck has been successfully removed by late June
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>>27th September footage of the Kaga in Kure shipyard
2022/9/27 KAGA (destroyer) carrier upgrade Parts of the former KAGA... Kure Maritime Self-Defense Force (source: ひかきく)
>>30th November update
2022/11/30 KAGA (destroyer) carrier upgrade! steadily! New large ship under construction next door & in dock, Kashima (training ship) too! Kure Maritime Self-Defense Force (source : ひかきく)
JS Kaga new bow as seen on a 30 November 22 video (source: HIROSHIMA-RIDER KAZE)
JS Kaga (DDH-184) is a helicopter carrier being converted into an aircraft carrier beginning in March, 2022. Officially classified as a multi-purpose operation destroyer, she is the second ship in the Izumo class of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), the other being JS Izumo.[1][2][3] Her namesake arises from Kaga Province (加賀国, Kaga no kuni) in present-day Ishikawa Prefecture.
Update:
Upgrades will be mainly done to increase flight deck area by removing the original bow deck, the original bow deck has been successfully removed by late June
Update:
>>27th September footage of the Kaga in Kure shipyard
2022/9/27 KAGA (destroyer) carrier upgrade Parts of the former KAGA... Kure Maritime Self-Defense Force (source: ひかきく)
>>30th November update
2022/11/30 KAGA (destroyer) carrier upgrade! steadily! New large ship under construction next door & in dock, Kashima (training ship) too! Kure Maritime Self-Defense Force (source : ひかきく)
JS Kaga new bow as seen on a 30 November 22 video (source: HIROSHIMA-RIDER KAZE)
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