Aoshima A000472 1/700 JMSDF Aegis Escort Ship Ashigara

A highly detailed waterline kit of the Ashigara. Includes four types of aircraft, too: one E-2C Hawkeye, two F-15s, two F-4Es, and three F-1s.

JS Ashigara (DDG-178) is an Atago-class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Ashigara was named for Mount Ashigara, and is the first Japanese ship to bear the prefix JS (Japanese Ship) instead of JDS (Japanese Defense Ship).

She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Nagasaki on April 6, 2005, launched on August 30, 2006; and was commissioned on 13 March 2008.