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  • Comment: This can't go anywhere without references. Also, I assume the "March 2018" date is wrong. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:05, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

History
Japan
NameJS Maya (DDG-179)
NamesakeMount Maya
Ordered2015
BuilderJapan Marine United, Yokohama, Kanagawa
Laid downApril 17, 2017
LaunchedJuly 30, 2018
CommissionedScheduled March 2020
StatusOutfitting
General characteristics
Class and typeMaya-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 8,200 tons standard
  • 10,250 tons 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)
Sensors and
processing systems
AN/SPY-1D(V)

JS Maya[1][2] (DDG-179) is a Maya class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Maya was named for Mount Maya.

Development

The announcement of a new destroyer class was on August 2015 with the name 27DDG, She was laid down by Japan Marine United in Yokohama, Kanagawa on April 14, 2017, launched on July 30, 2018[3][4]. Now undergoing outfitting stages and sea trials, set to be commisioned in March 2020[2].

Reference

  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.
  2. ^ a b 安藤健二 (30 July 2018). "「まや」と命名。海上自衛隊の新型イージス艦。旧海軍の「摩耶」と同じ響きに". Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via HuffPost Japan.
  3. ^ REIJI YOSHIDA (30 July 2018). "Japan launches next-generation destroyer carrying latest version of the Aegis anti-missile system". Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via Japan Times Online.
  4. ^ Mike Yeo (30 July 2018). "Japan launches first ship of new destroyer class". Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via DefenseNews.