Japanese cruiser Maya

Maya underway in the 1930s
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Maya
Namesake	Mount Maya
Ordered	FY 1927
Builder	Kawasaki Shipyards, Kobe
Laid down	4 December 1928
Launched	8 November 1930
Commissioned	20 June 1932
Stricken	20 December 1944
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by USS Dace, 23 October 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Takao-class cruiser
Displacement	9,850 t (9,690 long tons) (standard), 15,490 t (15,250 long tons) (full load)
Length	Length between perpendiculars: 192.5 m (632 ft) overall: 203.76 m (668.5 ft)
Beam	19 m (62 ft) – 20.4 m (67 ft)
Draft	6.11 m (20.0 ft) – 6.32 m (20.7 ft)
Propulsion	4-shaft geared turbine, 12 Kampon boilers, 132,000 shp (98,000 kW)
Speed	35.5 kn (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range	8,500 nautical miles (15,740 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	921–996
Armament	Original Layout: 10× 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns (5x2) 4× 12 cm/45 10th Year Type naval guns (4x1) 2× 40 mm (1.6 in) anti-aircraft guns (2x1) Type 90 torpedoes (4x2 + 8 reloads) Final Layout: 8 × 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns (4x2) 12 × Type 89 12.7 cm (5 in) dual purpose guns, (6x2) 66 × Type 96 25 mm (1.0 in) AA guns (13x3, 27x1) 36 × Type 93 13.2 mm (0.5 in) AA machine guns Type 93 torpedoes (4x4 + 8 reloads) depth charges
Armour	main belt: 38 to 127 mm main deck: 37 mm (max) upper deck: 12.7 to 25 mm bulkheads: 76 to 100 mm turrets: 25 mm
Aircraft carried	3x floatplanes (1x Aichi E13A1 "Jake" & 2x F1M2 "Pete")
Aviation facilities	2 aircraft catapults

Maya (摩耶) was one of four Takao-class heavy cruisers, active in World War II with the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). These were the largest and most modern cruisers in the Japanese fleet, and were intended to form the backbone of a multipurpose long-range strike force. These ships were fast, powerful and heavily armed, with enough firepower to hold their own against any cruiser in any other navy in the world. Her sister ships were Takao, Atago and Chōkai.^[1]