JS Maya

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.

  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.