JS Tōryū (SS-512)

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JS Tōryū fitting out on 4 October 2020
History
Japan
Name	Tōryū (とうりゅう)
Namesake
Ordered	2016
Builder	Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Cost	¥69 billion
Laid down	27 January 2017
Launched	6 November 2019
Commissioned	24 March 2021
Identification	SS-512
Status	Active
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	Unspecified; no AIP installed. For Sōryū-class, with 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[citation needed] for: 1.) Type 89 torpedo 2.) Harpoon (missile) Mines

JS Tōryū (SS-512) is the twelfth boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned on 24 March 2021.

Construction and career[]

Tōryū 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 launched November 6, 2019. The naming and launching ceremony was held on that day.^[2][3]

Tōryū is the second submarine in class to follow the lead of the Ōryū. Both bear the distinction of being the first and second submarines launched with Lithium-ion batteries, which replaced the AIP Stirling engine system used in the other boats of the Sōryū-class submarines.

Gallery[]

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  JS Tōryū on 6 November 2019.

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  JS Tōryū on 6 November 2019.

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  JS Tōryū on 6 November 2019.

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  JS Tōryū on 6 November 2019.

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  JS Tōryū fitting out on 4 October 2020.

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  JS Tōryū fitting out on 4 October 2020.

Citations[]

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

External links[]

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