Fuji-class Aircraft Carrier

The Fuji-class Aircraft Carrier is a class of aircraft carrier in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The Fuji-class had its orginally in debates around 2012 determining whether or not aircraft carriers and nuclear powered attack submarines were necessary for the security of Japan. In June 2016, the Japanese government announced that it would be building three carriers named JS Fuji, JS Tate, and JS Haku (after Japan's Three Holy Mountains). South Korea also ordered a carrier. Originally, the Fuji-class was only supposed to be 900 feet long and 110 feet wide, but would later be increased to 912 feet by 126 feet. The Fuji would be launched in 2018 and commissioned in 2019 as the first Japanese aircraft carrier since World War II.

Specifications

 * Characteristics
 * Length: 912 feet (277.98 meters)
 * Beam (Overall): 175 feet (53.34 meters)
 * Beam (Waterline): 126 feet (38.41 meters)
 * Draft: 37 feet (11.28 meters)
 * Displacement: 41,780 tons
 * Crew: 2,250
 * Power: 189,480 shp
 * Propulsion: 4 x General Electric LM2500+G4 gas turbines, 4 shafts
 * Range: 18
 * Speed: 34.6 Knots (64.08 km/hr)
 * Sensor Suite
 * System 021 3D Air/Surface Search Radar
 * OYQ-10 advanced combat direction system
 * FCS-3 AAW system
 * OQQ-21 ASW system
 * NOLQ-3C EW system
 * OPS-20C surface search radar
 * Armament
 * 2 x 16-cell Mark 41 VLS
 * 2 x Mark 29 ESSM Launcher
 * 4 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
 * Aircraft Carried: 46 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters)
 * Aircraft Loadout
 * 16 x F-2D Viper Zero (Multirole Fighter)
 * 12 x F-16CA Sea Viper (Strike Fighter)
 * 4 x E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AEW Aircraft)
 * 4 x S-3J Viking (ASW Aircraft)
 * 2 x C-2B Greyhound (COD Aircraft)
 * 4 x SH-60K Seahawk (ASW Helicopter)
 * 4 x CH-53E Sea Stallion (Utility Helicopter)