Kaga, the second ship of the Izumo-class DDH, has been primarily designed to carry SH-60 helicopters and to operate as a core ship in anti-submarine warfare.

The U.S. may have fielded the largest aircraft carrier fleet in World War 2, but Japan was no slouch. Through conversions, it also amassed a pretty large fleet.

Japan launched its second Izumo-class helicopter carrier, the largest warship built by the country since World War II, media sources reported August 27. The 24,000-ton ship, named Kaga, was ...

The Kaga now has a similar appearance to the America-class amphibious assault ships of the U.S. Navy. The Izumo has also completed the first phase of its update, which included heat resistance ...

Japan has launched the second in its new class of helicopter carrier — the largest Japanese ships since World War II — in a Thursday ceremony in Yokohama. The 24,000-ton Kaga (DDH-184 ...

The Japanese warship JS Kaga is the size of some World War II aircraft carriers. Japan may be trying to turn it into an aircraft carrier, too.

The USS George Washington joined British and Japanese aircraft carriers in the North Philippine Sea for a show of force.

A Royal Navy F-35B has made the first landing of a UK-operated stealth fighter on a Japanese vessel during a major trilateral carrier exercise in the Western Pacific.

Originally designed as a battleship, the Imperial Japanese Navy's Kaga was later converted into a pioneering aircraft carrier that played a central role in shaping Japan’s naval air strategy ...

The JS Kaga’s sister ship, JS Izumo, in March 2015. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Yamada Taro The Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its second Izumo-class helicopter carrier JS ...