JS Tōryū (SS-512)

	JS Tōryū fitting out on 4 October 2020
History
Japan
Name:	Tōryū ; (とうりゅう);
Namesake:	Tōryū
Ordered:	2016
Builder:	Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Cost:	¥69 billion
Laid down:	27 January 2017
Launched:	6 November 2019
Commissioned:	Expected March 2021
Identification:	SS-512
Status:	Fitting out
General characteristics
Class and 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; Lithium-ion battery; 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)[1];
Range:	AIP endurance (est.): 6100 nautical miles (11297.2 km; 7060.75 miles) at 6.5 knots (12 km/h; 7.48 mp/h)[1]
Complement:	65 (9 officers, 56 enlisted)
Sensors and ; 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 Tōryū (SS-512) is the twelve boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She is expected to be commissioned in March 2021.

Construction and career

Toryu 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 November 6, 2019. The naming and launching ceremony was held on the day.[2][3]

Gallery

JS Tōryū on 6 November 2019.
JS Tōryū on 6 November 2019.
JS Tōryū on 6 November 2019.
JS Tōryū on 6 November 2019.
JS Tōryū fitting out on 4 October 2020.
JS Tōryū fitting out on 4 October 2020.

Citations

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.
"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.
"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

『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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[globalsecurity.org-1] 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.