Izumo-class destroyer
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The '''{{nihongo|''Izumo''-class destroyers|いずも型護衛艦|Izumo-gata-goei-kan}}''' are [[aircraft carrier|aircraft-carrying]] multi-role [[Destroyer|destroyers]] (plan to change cruiser){{Clarify|date=March 2026}} in service with the [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]] (JMSDF).{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/09/jmsdf-changes-its-largest-destroyer-classification-from-ddh-to-cvm/|title=JMSDF changes its largest 'destroyer' classification from 'DDH' to 'CVM'|access-date=September 18, 2025|last=Inaba|first=Yoshihiro|website=Naval News}}{{Sfn|Wertheim|2013|pp=360-361}}{{Sfn|Saunders|2015|p=436}} Those ships are [[de facto]] [[aircraft carrier]]. |
The '''{{nihongo|''Izumo''-class destroyers|いずも型護衛艦|Izumo-gata-goei-kan}}''' are [[aircraft carrier|aircraft-carrying]] multi-role [[Destroyer|destroyers]] (plan to change cruiser){{Clarify|date=March 2026}} in service with the [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]] (JMSDF).{{Cite web|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/09/jmsdf-changes-its-largest-destroyer-classification-from-ddh-to-cvm/|title=JMSDF changes its largest 'destroyer' classification from 'DDH' to 'CVM'|access-date=September 18, 2025|last=Inaba|first=Yoshihiro|website=Naval News}}{{Sfn|Wertheim|2013|pp=360-361}}{{Sfn|Saunders|2015|p=436}} Those ships are [[de facto]] [[aircraft carrier]]s.{{cite web |last1=Hollings |first1=Alex |title=Japan’s Izumo-class Flattops Received a New Designation |url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/japans-izumo-class-flattops-received-new-designation-ps-092225 |website=The National Interest |access-date=April 26, 2026 |date=September 22, 2025 |language=en}} |
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As of October 28, 2024, under a revised Ministry of Defense ordinance, it was indicated that the official classification of these ships may be changed from DDH ({{nihongo|ヘリコプター搭載護衛艦|herikoputā tōsai goei-kan|Helicopter carrying escort ship}}) to CVM ({{nihongo|航空機搭載多機能護衛艦|kōkūki tōsai ta kinō goei-kan|Aircraft-carrying multi-role escort ship}}).{{Cite web|url=http://www.clearing.mod.go.jp/kunrei_data/a_fd/2024/ax20241028_00317_000.pdf|title=防衛省訓令第３１７号|trans-title=Directives No. 317 Japan Ministry of Defense|access-date=September 17, 2025|author=Japan Ministry of Defense|language=ja}} Previously, the Izumo-class vessels had been officially classified as DDH (helicopter-carrying [[destroyer]]), although some publications such as ''[[Jane's Fighting Ships]]'' had already referred to them more generally as "[[helicopter carrier]]s".{{Sfn|Saunders|2015|p=436}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/equipment/ships/ddh/izumo/|title=護衛艦「いずも」型|trans-title=DDH "IZUMO" Class|access-date=January 5, 2023|author=Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|language=ja}} However, alongside the [[Aegis system equipped vessels (ASEV)|Aegis System Equipped Vessels]], they are considered cruisers by the JMSDF.{{Cite web|url=http://www.clearing.mod.go.jp/kunrei_data/a_fd/2024/ax20241028_00317_000.pdf/|title=防衛省訓令第317号|trans-title= Ministry of Defense Instruction No. 317|access-date=September 21, 2025|author=Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|language=ja}} |
As of October 28, 2024, under a revised Ministry of Defense ordinance, it was indicated that the official classification of these ships may be changed from DDH ({{nihongo|ヘリコプター搭載護衛艦|herikoputā tōsai goei-kan|Helicopter carrying escort ship}}) to CVM ({{nihongo|航空機搭載多機能護衛艦|kōkūki tōsai ta kinō goei-kan|Aircraft-carrying multi-role escort ship}}).{{Cite web|url=http://www.clearing.mod.go.jp/kunrei_data/a_fd/2024/ax20241028_00317_000.pdf|title=防衛省訓令第３１７号|trans-title=Directives No. 317 Japan Ministry of Defense|access-date=September 17, 2025|author=Japan Ministry of Defense|language=ja}} Previously, the Izumo-class vessels had been officially classified as DDH (helicopter-carrying [[destroyer]]), although some publications such as ''[[Jane's Fighting Ships]]'' had already referred to them more generally as "[[helicopter carrier]]s".{{Sfn|Saunders|2015|p=436}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/equipment/ships/ddh/izumo/|title=護衛艦「いずも」型|trans-title=DDH "IZUMO" Class|access-date=January 5, 2023|author=Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|language=ja}} However, alongside the [[Aegis system equipped vessels (ASEV)|Aegis System Equipped Vessels]], they are considered cruisers by the JMSDF.{{Cite web|url=http://www.clearing.mod.go.jp/kunrei_data/a_fd/2024/ax20241028_00317_000.pdf/|title=防衛省訓令第317号|trans-title= Ministry of Defense Instruction No. 317|access-date=September 21, 2025|author=Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|language=ja}} |
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