JSMaya

	JSMayaon 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-classdestroyer
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	4IHI/General Electric LM2500-30gas turbines; Two shafts 5-bladed CP props; 68,010 shp (50,720 kW);
Speed	30knots(56 km/h)
Boats & landing; craft carried	1 working boat; 1Rigid hull inflatable boat;
Complement	300
Sensors and; processing systems	AN/SPY-1D(V)passive electronically scanned arrayradar; AN/SPQ-9surface 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 4naval gun in a stealth-shaped mount. (Made by Japan Steel Works licensed from its original manufacturer); 2 × missile canister up to 8Type 17 anti-ship missiles; 2 × 20 mmPhalanx CIWS; 2 × Type 68 tripletorpedo tubes(6 ×Mk-46or Type 73 torpedoes); 96-cellMk-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-60Khelicopter
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and enclosed hangar for one helicopter

JSMaya(DDG-179)is thelead shipofher classofguided missile destroyerin theJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force(JMSDF).^[1]She was named afterMount Mayaand shares her name with aWorld War II heavy cruiser.

Development

The announcement of a new destroyer class was in August 2015 with the name 27DDG. She waslaid downbyJapan Marine UnitedinYokohama,Kanagawaon April 14, 2017, and waslaunchedon July 30, 2018.^[2]^[3]She was commissioned on March 19, 2020.

On 16 November 2022, the guided-missile destroyerMayafired 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, theHagurolikewise fired an SM-3 Block IB missile with a successful hit outside the atmosphere. Both test firings were conducted at thePacific Missile Range FacilityonKauai Island,Hawaii, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy andU.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 newestMaya-class destroyers.^[4]