JS Seiryū
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| File:SS-509 Seiryu.jpg JS Seiryū | |
| History | |
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| File:Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Seiryūgongen (清瀧権現) |
| Ordered | 2013 |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| Cost | ¥64.3 billion |
| Laid down | 22 October 2013 |
| Launched | 12 October 2016 |
| Commissioned | 12 March 2018 |
| Homeport | Yokosuka |
| Identification | SS-509 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 | 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 & processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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JS Seiryū (SS-509) is the ninth boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned into the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on 12 March 2018.[2]
Construction and career
[edit | edit source]Seiryū was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on October 22, 2013, as the 2013 plan 2900-ton submarine No. 8124 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan. At the launching ceremony, she was named Seiryū and launched on 12 October 2016. She was commissioned on 12 March 2018 and deployed to Yokosuka, which became her homeport.[3]
Gallery
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JS Seiryū at Kobe on 23 October 2016.
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JS Seiryū at Kobe on 23 October 2016.
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JS Seiryū at Kobe on 23 October 2016.
Citations
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External links
[edit | edit source]Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons