Sōryū class (2007)
Sōryū class | |
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Hakuryū (SS-503), Guam in 2013 |
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Overview | |
Type | AIP hunting submarine |
units | 14 boats
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Shipyard |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) |
period of service |
since 2009 |
Technical specifications | |
displacement |
above water: 2,900 t |
length |
84 m |
width |
9.1 m |
height |
10.3 m |
Draft |
8.4 m |
Diving depth | Max. 274 m |
crew |
65 (including 9 officers) |
drive |
2 × Diesel machines Kawasaki 12V 25/25 SB type with snorkel |
speed |
over water: 13 kn (24 km / h ) |
Radius of action |
6,100 nm at 6.5 kn |
Armament |
6 × 533 mm torpedo tube
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The Sōryū class ( Japanese そ う り ゅ う 型 , Sōryū-gata ), also known as the 16SS class , is a class of submarines of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF) with self-contained propulsion (AIP) and replaced the U- Harushio class boats . She is the second class with that name in a Japanese Navy. It was named after an aircraft carrier class from 1935 .
technology
While the first ten boats were still equipped with classic lead batteries, the Ōryū was the first Japanese submarine to receive lithium-ion batteries in NCA technology.
units
They are subordinate to the 1st submarine flotilla in Kure and the 2nd submarine flotilla in Yokusuka.
Identifier | Surname | Shipyard | Keel laying | Launch | Commissioning | home port |
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SS-501 |
Sōryū ( そ う り ゅ う , "Blue Dragon") |
MHI , Kobe | December 2, 2005 | December 5, 2007 | March 30, 2009 | Cure |
SS-502 |
Unryū ( う ん り ゅ う , "cloud dragon") |
KSB , Kobe | March 31, 2006 | October 15, 2008 | March 25, 2010 | Cure |
SS-503 | Hakuryū ( は く り ゅ う ) | MHI, Kobe | February 6, 2007 | October 16, 2009 | March 14, 2011 | Cure |
SS-504 | Kenryū ( け ん り ゅ う ) | KSB, Kobe | March 31, 2008 | November 15, 2010 | March 16, 2012 | Cure |
SS-505 | Zuiryū ( ず い り ゅ う ) | MHI, Kobe | March 16, 2009 | October 20, 2011 | March 6, 2013 | Yokosuka |
SS-506 | Kokuryū ( こ く り ゅ う ) | KSB, Kobe | March 23, 2011 | October 31, 2013 | March 9, 2015 | Yokosuka |
SS-507 | Jinryū ( じ ん り ゅ う ) | MHI, Kobe | March 12, 2012 | October 8, 2014 | March 7, 2016 | Cure |
SS-508 | Sekiryū ( せ き り ゅ う ) | KSB, Kobe | March 25.2013 | November 2, 2015 | March 13, 2017 | Cure |
SS-509 | Seiryū ( せ い り ゅ う ) | MHI, Kobe | February 7, 2014 | October 12, 2016 | March 12, 2018 | Yokosuka |
SS-510 | Shōryū ( し ょ う り ゅ う ) | KSB, Kobe | January 28, 2015 | November 6, 2017 | 18th March 2019 | Cure |
SS-511 | Ōryū ( お う り ゅ う ) | MHI, Kobe | November 16, 2015 | 4th October 2018 | 5th March 2020 | Cure |
SS-512 | Tōryū ( と う り ゅ う ) | KSB, Kobe | January 27, 2017 | November 6, 2019 | March 2021 (planned) | |
SS-513 | (No. 8128) | MHI, Kobe | December 30, 2017 | 2020 (planned) | March 2022 (planned) | |
SS-514 | (No. 8129) | KSB, Kobe | 2018 (planned) | 2021 (planned) | March 2023 (planned) |
Web links
- Warships of JMSDF (Eng.)
- Sōryū class on GlobalSecurity.org. (engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Submarine base of the Japanese Navy revealed. German.China.org.cn, June 6, 2013, accessed March 24, 2014 .
- ^ Raimund Wallner: Lithium-Ion Fahrbatterien-A new drive for the second century of submarine driving. November 7, 2018, accessed March 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Submarine Unryu Delivered. Kawasaki Heay Industries, March 25, 2010, accessed March 24, 2014 .
- ↑ Kawasaki delivers Japan's eighth Souryu-class submarine. (No longer available online.) German.China.org.cn, March 14, 2017, archived from the original on March 14, 2017 ; accessed on March 15, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Kosuke Takahashi: JMSDF commissions ninth Soryu-class submarine. Jane's Information Group , March 13, 2018, accessed March 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Kosuke Takahashi: Japan commissions 10th Soryu-class submarine. Jane's Information Group, March 8, 2019, accessed November 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Gabriel Dominguez: Japan launches first Soryu-class submarine equipped with lithium-ion batteries. Jane's Information Group, October 8, 2018, accessed October 11, 2018 .
- ↑ Mike Yeo: Japan commissions its first submarine running on lithium-ion batteries. In: defensenews.com. March 6, 2020, accessed March 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Japan launches second lithium-ion battery powered submarine Toryu. Naval Today, November 7, 2019, accessed November 7, 2019 .