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 orko8 |
Japanese Navy Ship Designations |
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Posts: 17 (16-May-2007 00:53:21) |
Hi,
I have been looking for a list of official Japanese MSDF designations given to ships, such as 16DDG, 16DDH, so on.. Thanks in advance.. |
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Starviking |
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Posts: 154 (21-May-2007 11:06:11) |
Quote: Try Ships of the World magazine They always put up a few pages from their magazine on that site, and captions are in English. There's also a full magazine index, so if you check 'em out you'll get the designation info on new MSDF ships, like the 19DD. Once you have that info, when Google is your friend. Starviking |
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santi |
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Posts: 73 (24-May-2007 21:06:18) |
The number is the year when the first ship of the class is ordered. I think that 2007 is the 18 year in the era of the actual emperor, Aki Hito.
Following this system, a new DDG ordered this year would be "18DDG". For instance, Atago is 14DDG (I suppose it was ordered in 2003). The new multipurpose destroyer is quoted like 19DD, so it will be ordered next year... Regards |
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jemb |
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Posts: 723 (26-May-2007 02:18:40) |
Yep, Japan still uses the year of the Emperor's reign - e.g. 19th year of the Heisei era (i.e. Akihiko's reign) - for some year designations.
This is quite independent of the system that designattes 1940 as year 2600, which gave the Mitsubishi A6M of that year the designation 'Zero'. |
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lherminierj |
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Posts: 11 (19-Oct-2007 09:34:39) |
2007 is Heisei 19, 19th year of the Emperor Heisei.
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