Japanese cruiser Maya
Service
- as Maya20 June 1932 — 20 December 19441,937 days of the war
- Name
- Maya
- Namesake
- Mount Maya
- Builder
- Kawasaki Shipyards, Kobe
- Ordered
- 1927
- Laid down
- 4 December 1928
- Launched
- 8 November 1930
- Commissioned
- 20 June 1932
- Struck
- 20 December 1944
- Fate
- Torpedoed and sunk, 23 October 1944
By torpedo (1944) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, full load
- 9,694 long tons (9,850 t)
- Length
- 203.76 m (668.5 ft) OA
- Beam
- 19 m (62.3 ft)
- Draught
- 6.11 m (20 ft)
- Speed
- 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h, 40.9 mph)
- Range
- 8,500 nmi (15,742 km)
- Complement
- 921
- Main gun
- 200 mm (7.9 in)
Maya was a Takao-class cruiser, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was named for Mount Maya. Her keel was laid at Kawasaki Shipyards, Kobe on 4 December 1928. She entered service on 20 June 1932, having been launched on 8 November 1930.
Four ships of the class were built. The class followed the Myōkō-class cruiser and was succeeded by the Mogami-class cruiser.
Displacement was 9,694 long tons. She measured 203.8 m (669 ft) long with a beam of 19 m (62 ft). Her designed speed was 35.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 921.
Her main battery was ten 200 mm (7.9 in) guns. She carried three aircraft.
She was in commission for 1,937 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 20 December 1944.
She was sunk on 23 October 1944 by torpedo, at 9°27′N 117°23′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4-shaft geared turbine, 12 Kampon boilers, 132000 shp
- Armament
- Original Layout: 10× 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns (5x2)
- 4× 12 cm/45 10th Year Type naval guns (4x1)
- 2× 40 mm anti-aircraft guns (2x1)
- Type 90 torpedoes (4x2 + 8 reloads)
- Final Layout: 8 × 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval guns (4x2)
- 12 × Type 89 12.7 cm dual purpose guns, (6x2)
- 66 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns (13x3, 27x1)
- 36 × Type 93 13.2 mm AA machine guns
- Type 93 torpedoes (4x4 + 8 reloads)
- depth charges
- Armour
- main belt: 38 to 127 mm
- main deck: 37 mm (max)
- upper deck: 12.7 to 25 mm
- bulkheads: 76 to 100 mm
- turrets: 25 mm
- Aircraft
- 3x floatplanes (1x Aichi E13A1 "Jake" & 2x F1M2 "Pete")
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese cruiser Maya on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — www.wwii-collectibles.com — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons