JS Maya on 23 November 2020
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History | |
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Japan | |
Name |
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Namesake | Mount Maya |
Ordered | 2015 |
Builder | JMU, Yokohama |
Laid down | 17 April 2017 |
Launched | 30 July 2018 |
Commissioned | 19 March 2020 |
Homeport | Yokosuka |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Maya-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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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 |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
Boats & landing craft carried |
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Complement | 300 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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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.