JS Chōkai (DDG-176) is a Kongō-class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Chōkai was named for Mount Chōkai.
PEARL HARBOR (June 30, 2016) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force guided-missile destroyer Chokai (DDG 176) arrival and departure at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for Rim of the Pacific 2016.
She was laid down by IHI Corporation in Tokyo on May 29, 1995, launched on August 27, 1996; and commissioned on March 20, 1998.