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.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Scorpion after the carnivorous arthropod, or the scorpion, a ballistic weapon in use in the Roman army:
Asagiri was the thirteenth of twenty-four Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. When introduced into service, these ships were the most powerful destroyers in the world. They served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, and remained formidable weapons systems well into the Pacific War.
The Murasame-class destroyer is a class of destroyers, serving with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). This is the first class of the second-generation general-purpose destroyers of the JMSDF.
The Asagiri-class destroyer is a class of destroyer, serving with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It was the second class of first generation general-purpose destroyers of the JMSDF.
Four Japanese destroyers have borne the name Murasame.
Three Japanese destroyers have been named Ayanami:
JS Kongō (DDG-173) is a Kongō-class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Kongō is the third Japanese naval vessel named after Mount Kongō. She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Nagasaki on 8 May 1990. Launching ceremony happened on 26 September 1991 and she was commissioned on 25 March 1993. She was the first ship outside of the United States to feature the Aegis combat system and its ballistic missile defense capability.
Four Japanese destroyers have been named Asakaze :
Three Japanese destroyers have been named Yūgiri:
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Liffey, after the Irish river. Another was planned but renamed before entering service:
At least three warships of Japan have borne the name Shikinami:
Two warships of Japan have borne the name Amagiri:
JS Amagiri (DD-154) is an Asagiri-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Amagiri is currently in active service, homeported in Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan.
JS Asagiri (DD-151) is an Asagiri-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
JS Yūgiri (DD-153) is an Asagiri-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
JS Sawagiri (DD-157) is an Asagiri-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
JS Setogiri (DD-156) is an Asagiri-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
JS Hamagiri (DD-155) is an Asagiri-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
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