JS Kenryū (SS-504)

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SS-504 けんりゅう (1).jpg
JS Kenryū
History
Japan
Name
  • Kenryū
  • (けんりゅう)
Namesake
Ordered2007
BuilderKawasaki Heavy Industries
Cost¥64.3 billion
Laid down31 March 2008
Launched15 November 2010
Commissioned16 March 2012
HomeportKure
IdentificationSS-504
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 ft 7 in)
Beam9.1 m (29 ft 10 in)
Draught8.5 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)[1]
RangeAIP endurance (est.): 6100 nautical miles (11297.2 km; 7060.75 miles) at 6.5 knots (12 km/h; 7.48 mp/h)[1]
Complement65 (9 officers, 56 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • ZLR-3-6 ESM equipment
  • 2× 3-inch underwater countermeasure launcher tubes for launching of Acoustic Device Countermeasures (ADCs)
Armament

JS Kenryū (SS-503) is the fourth boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned on 16 March 2012.[2]

Construction and career[]

Kenryū was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on March 31, 2008 as the 2007 plan 2900-ton submarine No. 8119 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan. At the launching ceremony, it was named Kenryū and launched on 15 November 2010. She's commissioned on 16 March 2012 and deployed to Kure.

Participated in US dispatch training (to Hawaii) from January 18 to April 9, 2016.[3]

From February 12 to May 10, 2020, offshore training and facility utilization training will be conducted in the Hawaiian Islands area.[4]

Gallery[]

  • JS Kenryū underway, date unknown.

  • JS Kenryū underway, date unknown.

  • JS Kenryū underway, date unknown.

Citations[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: 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. ^ "Soryu class submarine SS 501 japan maritime self defense force jmsdf". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  3. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201601/20160113-01.pdf
  4. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202002/20200204.pdf

External links[]

Media related to JS Kenryū (SS-504) at Wikimedia Commons


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