JS Tōryū

JS Tōryū fitting out on 4 October 2020
History
Japan
Name
  • Tōryū
  • (とうりゅう)
NamesakeTōryū-nada (闘竜灘)
Ordered2016
BuilderKawasaki Heavy Industries
Cost¥69 billion
Laid down27 January 2017
Launched6 November 2019
Commissioned24 March 2021
IdentificationSS-512
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeSōryū-class attack submarine
Displacement
  • Surfaced: 2,900 tonnes (2,854 long tons)
  • Submerged: 4,200 t (4,134 long tons)
Length84.0 m (275 ftin)
Beam9.1 m (29 ft 10 in)
Draught8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • Surfaced: 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
  • Submerged: 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)[1]
RangeUnspecified; 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]
Complement65 (9 officers, 56 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament

JS Tōryū (SS-512) is the twelfth boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned on 24 March 2021.

Construction and career

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Tōryū was laid down on January 27, 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 November 6, 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.

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Citations

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.

References

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  • 『世界の艦船 増刊第66集 海上自衛隊全艦艇史』(海人社、2004年
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