JS Jinryū
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Name |
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Namesake | Benevolent dragon (仁龍) |
Ordered | 2011 |
Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Cost | ¥64.3 billion |
Laid down | 14 February 2012 |
Launched | 8 October 2014 |
Commissioned | 7 March 2016 |
Homeport | Kure |
Identification | SS-507 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sōryū-class attack submarine |
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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) |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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JS Jinryū (SS-507) is the seventh boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned on 7 March 2016.[2]
Construction and career
[edit]Jinryū was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on January 21, 2011, as the 2011 plan 2900-ton submarine No. 8122 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan. At the launching ceremony, it was named Jinryū and launched on 8 October 2014. She's commissioned on 7 March 2016 and deployed to Kure.
Gallery
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JS Jinryū at Kobe on 11 October 2014.
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JS Jinryū at Kobe on 11 October 2014.
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JS Jinryū at Kobe on 11 October 2014.
Citations
[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.
- ^ "Soryu class submarine SS 501 japan maritime self defense force jmsdf". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ 日本テレビ. "潜航中に充電!最新潜水艦「ずいりゅう」|日テレNEWS24". 日テレNEWS24 (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 October 2020.
External links
[edit] Media related to JS Jinryū (SS-507) at Wikimedia Commons