JS Maya

JS Maya (DDG-179) is the lead ship of her class of guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). She was named after Mount Maya and shares her name with a World War II heavy cruiser.

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
  • MMSI number: 431999501
  • Pennant number: DDG-179
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
  • 1 working boat
  • 1 Rigid hull inflatable boat
Complement300
Sensors and
processing systems
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 carried1 × SH-60K helicopter
Aviation facilitiesFlight deck and enclosed hangar for one helicopter
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