JS Ōryū

JS Ōryū on 7 October 2018
History
Japan
Name	Ōryū (おうりゅう)
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	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 Lithium-ion battery 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	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)
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 Ōryū (SS-511) is the eleventh boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned on 5 March 2020.

Construction and career

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.

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.

References

• 『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

Media related to JS Ōryū (SS-511) at Wikimedia Commons