Maya-class destroyer

JS Maya
Class overview
NameMaya class
BuildersJapan Marine United
OperatorsJapan Maritime Self Defense Force
Preceded byAtago class
Succeeded byAegis system equipped vessels (ASEV)
Cost¥164.8 billion[1]
Built2017–2021
In commission2020–
Planned2
Completed2
Active
General characteristics
TypeGuided-missile 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
Speedapprox. 30 knots (56 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried
Complement300
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-60K helicopter
Aviation facilitiesFlight deck and enclosed hangar for one helicopter

The Maya class of guided-missile destroyers (まや型護衛艦, Maya-gata Goeikan) in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is a modified version of the Atago class, with an updated Aegis Combat System and electric propulsion system.[3] Maya was commissioned on March 19, 2020.[4] Haguro was commissioned on March 19, 2021.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Tokumaru 2021.
  3. ^ Tokumaru 2018.
  4. ^ Inaba 2020.

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