JS Sekiryū

	JS Sekiryū at Kobe on 12 March 2017
History
Japan
Name	Sekiryū; (せきりゅう);
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 & 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; 4× Kawasaki Kockums V4-275R Stirling engines; 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);
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)
Complement	65 (9 officers, 56 enlisted)
Sensors &; 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 Sekiryū (SS-508) is the eighth boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned into the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on 13 March 2017.^[2]

Construction and career

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 was commissioned on 13 March 2017 and deployed to Kure.

Sekiryū homeport is Kure.^[3]

Gallery

JS Sekiryū at Kobe on 26 February 2017.
JS Sekiryū at Kobe on 26 February 2017.

Citations

^ ^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

Media related to JS Sekiryū (SS-508) at Wikimedia Commons

[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] "Soryu class submarine SS 501 japan maritime self defense force jmsdf". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[3] 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.

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Sōryū-class submarines
Sōryū Unryū Hakuryū Kenryū Zuiryū Kokuryū Jinryū Seiryū Shōryū Ōryū Tōryū
Preceded by: Oyashio class Followed by: Taigei class
Submarines of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force