JS Ōryū
![]() JS Ōryū on 7 October 2018
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Namesake | Knowledgeable dragon (凰龍) |
Ordered | 2015 |
Builder | Kawasaki Heavy Industries |
Cost | ¥69 billion |
Laid down | 16 November 2015 |
Launched | 4 October 2018 |
Commissioned | 5 March 2020 |
Homeport | Kure |
Identification | SS-511 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sōryū-class attack submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 84.0 m (275 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 9.1 m (29 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in) |
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Speed | |
Range | Unspecified; no AIP installed. For Sōryū-class, with 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 and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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JS Ōryū (SS-511) is the eleventh boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned on 5 March 2020.
Construction and career
[edit]Ōryū was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on November 16, 2015, as the 2015 plan 2900 ton type submarine No. 8126 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan (23 medium-term defense), and October 2018 It was named and launched on 4 March, and the delivery ceremony and the self-defense ship flag awarding ceremony were held on 5 March 2020, and it was commissioned. It was incorporated into the 1st Submarine Flotilla and deployed at Kure Naval Base.[2][3]
The Ōryū bears the distinction of being the first submarine launched with Lithium-ion batteries, which replaced the AIP Stirling engine system used in the other boats of the Sōryū-class submarines.
Gallery
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JS Ōryū at Kobe on 7 October 2018.
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JS Ōryū at Kobe on 7 October 2018.
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JS Ōryū at Kobe on 7 October 2018.
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202003/20200303.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "JMSDF Commissioned its 1st Li-Ion Battery Submarine SS-511 JS Ōryū おうりゅう". Naval News. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
References
[edit]- 『世界の艦船 増刊第66集 海上自衛隊全艦艇史』(海人社、2004年)
External links
[edit] Media related to JS Ōryū (SS-511) at Wikimedia Commons