JS Maya on 23 November 2020
History
Japan
Name	Maya (まや)
Namesake	Mount Maya
Ordered	2015
Builder	JMU, Yokohama
Laid down	17 April 2017
Launched	30 July 2018
Commissioned	19 March 2020
Homeport	Yokosuka
Identification	MMSI number: 431999501 Pennant number: DDG-179
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class and type	Maya-class destroyer
Displacement	8,200 long tons (8,332 t) standard 10,250 long tons (10,414 t) full load
Length	169.9 m (557 ft 5 in)
Beam	22.2 m (72 ft 10 in)
Draft	6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Depth	13 m (42 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	4 IHI/General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines Two shafts 5-bladed CP props 68,010 shp (50,720 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried	1 working boat 1 Rigid hull inflatable boat
Complement	300
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPY-1D(V) passive electronically scanned array radar AN/SPQ-9 surface search radar 3 × Mk.99 mod.8 FCS AN/SQQ-89 Mk 160 FCS Mk 116 FCS
Armament	1 × 5 inch (127mm/L62) Mk-45 Mod 4 naval gun in a stealth-shaped mount. (Made by Japan Steel Works licensed from its original manufacturer) 2 × missile canister up to 8 Type 17 anti-ship missiles 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes (6 × Mk-46 or Type 73 torpedoes) 96-cell Mk-41 VLS: (64 at the bow / 32 cells at the stern aft) for a mix of: SM-2MR Standard Missile SM-3 Anti-Ballistic Missile SM-6 Standard Missile Type 07 VL-ASROC RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-60K helicopter
Aviation facilities	Flight 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]

Gallery

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  JS Maya being launched on 30 July 2018
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  JS Maya in Kobe on 23 November 2020
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