JS Maya
{{Short description|Maya-class guided missile destroyer}}
{{other ships|Japanese ship Maya}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:JS Maya(DDG-179) left front view at Port of Kobe November 23, 2020 02.jpg | Ship caption = JS Maya on 23 November 2020 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Japan | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} | Ship name = *Maya
| Ship namesake = Mount Maya | Ship ordered = 2015 | Ship builder = JMU, Yokohama | Ship laid down = 17 April 2017 | Ship launched = 30 July 2018 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 19 March 2020 | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|431999501}}
| Ship fate = | Ship status = Active | Ship notes = | Ship badge = 125px | Ship homeport = Yokosuka }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Maya|destroyer}} | Ship displacement = * {{convert|8,200|LT|t|abbr=on|0}} standard
| Ship length = {{convert|169.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|22.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draft = {{convert|6.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = {{convert|13|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = * 4 IHI/General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines
| Ship speed = {{convert|30|kn|km/h|lk=in}} | Ship range = | Ship endurance = | Ship boats = * 1 working boat | Ship complement = 300 | Ship sensors = *AN/SPY-1D(V) passive electronically scanned array radar | Ship EW = | Ship 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)
| Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = 1 × SH-60K helicopter | Ship aircraft facilities = Flight deck and enclosed hangar for one helicopter | Ship notes = }} |
JS Maya (DDG-179) is the lead ship of her class of guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).{{cite web|url=https://mainichi.jp/articles/20180731/k00/00m/040/054000c|title=最新鋭イージス艦「まや」進水 ８隻態勢へ|author=前谷宏|date=30 July 2018|publisher=|accessdate=30 July 2018|via=Mainichi News}} She was named after Mount Maya and shares her name with a World War II heavy cruiser.
Development
The announcement of a new destroyer class was in August 2015 with the name 27DDG. She was laid down by Japan Marine United in Yokohama, Kanagawa on April 14, 2017, and was launched on July 30, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/07/30/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-launches-next-generation-destroyer-carrying-latest-version-aegis-anti-missile-system/|title=Japan launches next-generation destroyer carrying latest version of the Aegis anti-missile system|author=REIJI YOSHIDA|date=30 July 2018|publisher=|accessdate=30 July 2018|via=Japan Times Online}}{{cite web|url=https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2018/07/30/japan-launches-first-ship-of-new-destroyer-class/|title= Japan launches first ship of new destroyer class|author=Mike Yeo|date=30 July 2018|publisher=|accessdate=30 July 2018|via=DefenseNews}} She was commissioned on March 19, 2020.
On 16 November 2022, the guided-missile destroyer {{JS|Maya|DDG-179|2}} fired 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, the {{JS|Haguro|DDG-180|2}} likewise fired an SM-3 Block IB missile with a successful hit outside the atmosphere. Both test firings were conducted at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai Island, Hawaii, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy and U.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 newest {{sclass|Maya|destroyer|1}}s.{{cite web |url=https://news.usni.org/2022/11/21/two-japanese-destroyers-score-in-ballistic-missile-defense-test-off-hawaii#more-99073 |title=Two Japanese Destroyers Score in Ballistic Missile Defense Test off Hawaii |last=Mahadzir |first=Dzirhan |date=November 21, 2022 |website=News Blog |publisher=United States Naval Institute |access-date=November 22, 2022 |quote=}}
Gallery
File:Maya Class Destroyer 20180703.jpg|JS Maya being launched on 30 July 2018
File:DDG Maya, Japan MSDF.jpg
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File:JS Maya(DDG-179) left front view at Port of Kobe November 23, 2020 03.jpg|JS Maya in Kobe on 23 November 2020
File:JS Maya(DDG-179) right front view at Port of Kobe November 23, 2020 01.jpg
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References
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