JS Shirane (DDH-143) was the lead ship of the eponymous class of destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

IHI Corporation , formerly known as Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. is a Japanese engineering corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan that produces and offers ships, space launch vehicles, aircraft engines, marine diesel engines, gas turbines, gas engines, railway systems, turbochargers for automobiles, plant engineering, industrial machinery, power station boilers and other facilities, suspension bridges and other structures.