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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 and 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)
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)
Complement	65 (9 officers, 56 enlisted)
Sensors and 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 for: 1.) Type 89 torpedo 2.) Harpoon (missile) Mines

JS Shōryū (SS-510) is the tenth boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned on 18 March 2019.

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, it was named Shōryū and launched on 6 November 2017. She's commissioned on 18 March 2019 and deployed to Kure.

Shōryū homeport is Kure.

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.

Gallery

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

Citations

1. ^ Pike, John. "SS-501 Soryu / 16SS / SS 2,900 ton Class". www.globalsecurity.org. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
2. "Soryu class submarine SS 501 japan maritime self defense force jmsdf". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
3. 日本テレビ. "潜航中に充電！最新潜水艦「ずいりゅう」|日テレNEWS24". 日テレNEWS24 (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 October 2020.
4. https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202010/20201009.pdf

External links

Media related to JS Shōryū (SS-510) at Wikimedia Commons

• 2017 ships
• Sōryū-class submarines
• Ships built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries