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JS Ōryū

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JS Ōryū on 7 October 2018
History
Japan
Name
  • Ōryū
  • (おうりゅう)
NamesakeKnowledgeable dragon (凰龍)
Ordered2015
BuilderKawasaki Heavy Industries
Cost¥69 billion
Laid down16 November 2015
Launched4 October 2018
Commissioned5 March 2020
HomeportKure
IdentificationSS-511
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeSōryū-class attack submarine
Displacement
  • Surfaced: 2,900 tonnes (2,854 long tons)
  • Submerged: 4,200 t (4,134 long tons)
Length84.0 m (275 ftin)
Beam9.1 m (29 ft 10 in)
Draught8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • Surfaced: 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
  • Submerged: 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)[1]
RangeUnspecified; 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]
Complement65 (9 officers, 56 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament

JS Ōryū (SS-511) is the eleventh boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned on 5 March 2020.

Construction and career

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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.

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Citations

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202003/20200303.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "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

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  • 『世界の艦船 増刊第66集 海上自衛隊全艦艇史』(海人社、2004年)
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