JS Sekiryū

File:JS Sekiryu(SS-508) right front view at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard March 12, 2017 02.jpg JS Sekiryū at Kobe on 12 March 2017
History
Japan
Name	Sekiryū (せきりゅう)
Namesake	Red dragon (赤龍)
Ordered	2012
Builder	Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Cost	¥64.3 billion
Laid down	15 March 2013
Launched	2 November 2015
Commissioned	13 March 2017
Homeport	Kure
Identification	SS-508
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & 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 4× Kawasaki Kockums V4-275R Stirling engines 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	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 & 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 Sekiryū (SS-508) is the eighth boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned into the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on 13 March 2017.

Construction and career

Sekiryū was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on March 15, 2013, as the 2012 plan 2900-ton submarine No. 8123 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan. At the launching ceremony, it was named Sekiryū and launched on 2 November 2015. She was commissioned on 13 March 2017 and deployed to Kure.

Sekiryū homeport is Kure.

Gallery

• JS Sekiryū at Kobe on 26 February 2017.
  JS Sekiryū at Kobe on 26 February 2017.
• JS Sekiryū at Kobe on 26 February 2017.
  JS Sekiryū at Kobe on 26 February 2017.

External links

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