JS Sekiryū at
Kobe on 12 March 2017
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History | |
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Japan | |
Name |
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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 and 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) |
Propulsion |
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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 and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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JS Sekiryū (SS-508) is the eighth boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned on 13 March 2017. [2]
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's commissioned on 13 March 2017 and deployed to Kure.
Media related to JS Sekiryū (SS-508) at Wikimedia Commons
JS Sekiryū at
Kobe on 12 March 2017
| |
History | |
---|---|
Japan | |
Name |
|
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 and type | Sōryū-class attack submarine |
Displacement |
|
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 |
|
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 and processing systems |
|
Electronic warfare & decoys |
|
Armament |
|
JS Sekiryū (SS-508) is the eighth boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned on 13 March 2017. [2]
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's commissioned on 13 March 2017 and deployed to Kure.
Media related to JS Sekiryū (SS-508) at Wikimedia Commons