JS Maya on 23 November 2020
History
Japan
Name
  • Maya
  • (まや)
NamesakeMount Maya
Ordered2015
BuilderJMU, Yokohama
Laid down17 April 2017
Launched30 July 2018
Commissioned19 March 2020
HomeportYokosuka
Identification
StatusActive
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeMaya-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 8,200 long tons (8,332 t) standard
  • 10,250 long tons (10,414 t) full load
Length169.9 m (557 ft 5 in)
Beam22.2 m (72 ft 10 in)
Draft6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Depth13 m (42 ft 8 in)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried
Complement300
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-60K helicopter
Aviation facilitiesFlight deck and enclosed hangar for one helicopter

JS Maya (DDG-179) is the lead ship of her class of guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).[1] She was named after Mount Maya and shares her name with a World War II heavy cruiser.

Development

The announcement of a new destroyer class was in August 2015 with the name 27DDG. She was laid down by Japan Marine United in Yokohama, Kanagawa on April 14, 2017, and was launched on July 30, 2018.[2][3] She was commissioned on March 19, 2020.

On 16 November 2022, the guided-missile destroyer Maya fired an SM-3 Block IIA missile, successfully intercepting the target outside the atmosphere in the first launch of the missile from a Japanese warship. On 18 November 2022, the Haguro likewise fired an SM-3 Block IB missile with a successful hit outside the atmosphere. Both test firings were conducted at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai Island, Hawaii, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Missile Defense Agency. This was the first time the two ships conducted SM-3 firings in the same time period, and the tests validated the ballistic missile defense capabilities of Japan’s newest Maya-class destroyers. [4]

References

  1. ↑ 前谷宏 (30 July 2018). "最新鋭イージス艦「まや」進水 ８隻態勢へ". Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via Mainichi News.
  2. ↑ REIJI YOSHIDA (30 July 2018). "Japan launches next-generation destroyer carrying latest version of the Aegis anti-missile system". Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via Japan Times Online.
  3. ↑ Mike Yeo (30 July 2018). "Japan launches first ship of new destroyer class". Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via DefenseNews.
  4. ↑ Mahadzir, Dzirhan (November 21, 2022). "Two Japanese Destroyers Score in Ballistic Missile Defense Test off Hawaii". News Blog. United States Naval Institute. Retrieved November 22, 2022.


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