The Shōhō-class is a planned class of light aircraft carriers of West Japan. The two ships will be 880 feet (268.22 meters) in length 110 feet (33.53 meters) wide with a full-load displacement of 33,680 tons, and will be able to carry up to 44 helicopters or STOVL aircraft. The two ships are to be named Shōhō (CVL-07) and Sentōhō (CVL-08). They are being built by the Republic of Japan Navy to replace the RJS Mutekitaka, its current aircraft carrier.
Specifications[]
- Type: Light Aircraft Carrier
- Service Period: 201X-
- Characteristics:
- Length: 880 feet (268.22 meters)
- Beam: 110 feet (33.53 meters)
- Draft: 27 feet (8.23 meters)
- Displacement: 29,160 tons (Standard); 33,680 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 1,450 (758 ship's crew, 665 air crew, 27 SAR detachment)
- Propulsion: 4 x gas turbines, 2 x cross connect gear boxes, 4 x 9.2 MW electrical generators, 2 x shafts, 180,000 shp
- Range: 9,500 nautical miles (17,594 kilometers) at 16 knots (29.63 km/h)
- Speed: 32.5 knots (60.19 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- OYQ-12 Combat Direction System
- FCS-3 Fire Control System
- OPS-50 AESA RDF
- OPS-28 Surface Search RDF
- OQQ-23 Bow Mounted Hull ASDIC
- Countermeasures:
- NOLQ-3D1 Electronic Warfare Suite
- Anti-torpedo mobile decoy
- Floating acoustic jammer
- Mk.53 Nulka
- Armament:
- 2 x 8-cell VLS (fires Garfish AAMs)
- 4 x Goalkeeper 30mm CIWS
- 2 x Type 15 20mm/76-caliber Gatling Gun
- Aircraft Carried: 44 fixed wing STOVL aircraft and helicopters
