Japan launches first Improved Atago-class destroyer

By Destroyer, Defense

Japan launches first Improved Atago-class destroyer

Japan launched on 30 July the first of two Improved Atago-class destroyers on order for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

Named Maya (pennant number 179), the 170 m-long vessel entered the water at the Japan Marine United (JMU) Corporation’s facility in Yokohama and is expected to be commissioned in March 2020.

The vessel, which will be the seventh JMSDF ship to be equipped with the Aegis Combat System, is 5 m longer than the Atago-class destroyers.

Maya will use the Aegis Baseline J7 supported by the Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1D-series radar.

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http://www.janes.com/article/82066/japan-launches-first-improved-atago-class-destroyer

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