JS Hiei (DDH-142) was the second ship of the Haruna-class helicopter destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force.
JDS Hiei at Pearl Harbor on 5 July 2006
JDS Hiei underway on 3 February 1985
JDS Hiei and JDS Asagumo at Subic Bay on 1 August 1988
JS Hiei departs Pearl Harbor on 5 July July 2006
The Haruna-class destroyer was a destroyer class built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the early 1970s. These helicopter carrying destroyers (DDH) were built around a large central hangar which housed up to three helicopters.
Hiei (DDH-142) at Pearl Harbor in 2006
US Navy 070318-N-5961C-262 Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) ship JS Haruna (DDH-141), USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) and USS Russell (DDG-59) steam in formation during a photo exercise
JMSDF ship Haruna (DDH-141)
Hiei underway in the Pacific with Ashigara and USS Curtis Wilbur, November 2009