JDS Hyūga (DDH-181)

 JDS Hyūga (DDH-181) is a Hyūga class helicopter destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

The ship was built by IHI Marine United and commissioned into service on 18 March 2009.

Service
This ship delivered supplies and other disaster relief after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

Hyūga became the first Japanese ship to have an American MV-22 Osprey land aboard it during exercise Dawn Blitz in San Diego, California on June 14, 2013.