JS Tōryū
_left_rear_view_at_Kawasaki_Heavy_Industries_Kobe_Shipyard_October_4,_2020_03.jpg) JS Tōryū fitting out on 4 October 2020
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| History | |
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 Japan | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Tōryū-nada (闘竜灘) |
| Ordered | 2016 |
| Builder | Kawasaki Heavy Industries |
| Cost | ¥69 billion |
| Laid down | 27 January 2017 |
| Launched | 6 November 2019 |
| Commissioned | 24 March 2021 |
| Identification | SS-512 |
| 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 kn (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 Tōryū (SS-512) is the twelfth boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned on 24 March 2021.
Construction and career
[edit]Tōryū was laid down on 27 January 2017, at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Works as the 2016 plan 2900 ton type submarine No. 8127 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan (23 medium-term defense), and launched on 6 November 2019. The naming and launching ceremony was held on that day.[2][3]
Tōryū is the second submarine in class to follow the lead of the Ōryū. Both bear the distinction of being the first and second submarines launched with lithium-ion batteries, which replaced the AIP Stirling engine system used in the other boats of the Sōryū-class submarines.[4]
From 9 October to 26 December 2022, Tōryū participated in the U.S. Submarine Exercise, conducting anti-submarine warfare training in waters near Japan and the Hawaiian Islands, and at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii.[5]
Gallery
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JS Tōryū on 6 November 2019. -
JS Tōryū on 6 November 2019. -
JS Tōryū on 6 November 2019. -
JS Tōryū on 6 November 2019. -
JS Tōryū fitting out on 4 October 2020. -
JS Tōryū fitting out on 4 October 2020.
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References
[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.[unreliable source?]
- ^ "命名・進水式|海上自衛隊 〔JMSDF〕 オフィシャルサイト". www.mod.go.jp. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Kawasaki Launched the 12th & Final Sōryū-class SSK JS Tōryū とうりゅう - 2nd Li-Ion Submarine for JMSDF". Naval News. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ Takahashi, Kosuke (7 November 2019). "リチウムイオン電池搭載の海上自衛隊の最新鋭潜水艦「とうりゅう」が進水。韓国も同種の潜水艦を開発中" [The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's latest submarine, the "Toryu," equipped with lithium-ion batteries, has been launched. South Korea is also developing a similar submarine.]. Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ "令和４年度第２回米国派遣訓練（潜水艦）について" [Second US dispatch training (submarine) for FY2022] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Maritime Staff Office. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- 世界の艦船 増刊第66集 海上自衛隊全艦艇史 [World's Ships, Special Issue No. 66: History of the Complete Ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force] (in Japanese). Kajinsha. 2004.
External links
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Media related to JS Tōryū (SS-512) at Wikimedia Commons