JS Shōryū

JS Shōryū (SS-510) is the tenth boat of Sōryū-class submarines operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 18 March 2019.^[2]

JS Shōryū
History
Japan
Name	Shōryū (しょうりゅう)
Namesake	Dragon overlooking the ground (翔龍)
Ordered	2014
Builder	Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Cost	¥64.3 billion
Laid down	28 January 2015
Launched	6 November 2017
Commissioned	18 March 2019
Homeport	Kure
Identification	SS-510
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & type	Sōryū-class attack submarine
Displacement	Surfaced: 2,900 tonnes (2,854 long tons) Submerged: 4,200 t (4,134 long tons)
Length	84.0 m (275 ft 7 in)
Beam	9.1 m (29 ft 10 in)
Draught	8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	1-shaft 2× Kawasaki 12V 25/25 SB-type diesel engines diesel-electric 4× Kawasaki Kockums V4-275R Stirling engines 3,900 hp (2,900 kW) surfaced 8,000 hp (6,000 kW) submerged
Speed	Surfaced: 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) Submerged: 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)[1]
Range	AIP endurance (est.): 6,100 nautical miles (11,300 km; 7,000 mi) at 6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph)[1]
Complement	65 (9 officers, 56 enlisted)
Sensors & processing systems	ZPS-6F surface/low-level air search radar Hughes/Oki ZQQ-7 Sonar suite: 1× bow-array, 4× LF flank arrays and 1× Towed array sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	ZLR-3-6 ESM equipment 2× 3-inch underwater countermeasure launcher tubes for launching of Acoustic Device Countermeasures (ADCs)
Armament	6 × HU-606 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes with 30 reloads[citation needed] for: 1.) Type 89 torpedo 2.) Harpoon (missile) Mines

Construction and career

Shōryū was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on January 28, 2015, as the 2014 plan 2900-ton submarine No. 8125 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan. At the launching ceremony, she was named Shōryū and launched on 6 November 2017. She was commissioned on 18 March 2019 and deployed to Kure.

Shōryū homeport is Kure.^[3]

On October 9, 2020, anti-submarine warfare training was conducted with the escort vessels JS Kaga and JS Ikazuchi which were participating in the Reiwa 2nd Indo-Pacific dispatch training in the South China Sea.^[4]

Gallery

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  JS Shōryū being launched at Kobe on 1 December 2017.
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  JS Shōryū at Kobe on 11 November 2017.
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  JS Shōryū at Kobe on 11 November 2017.