JS Kokuryū (SS-506)

JS Kokuryū (SS-506) is the sixth boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned on 9 March 2015.[2]

JS Kokuryū
History
Japan
Name:
  • Kokuryū
  • (こくりゅう)
Namesake: Kokuryū (transl. black dragon)
Ordered: 2010
Builder: Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Cost: ¥64.3 billion
Laid down: 21 January 2011
Launched: 31 October 2013
Commissioned: 9 March 2015
Homeport: Yokosuka
Identification: SS-506
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
  • 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]
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:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • ZLR-3-6 ESM equipment
  • 2× 3-inch underwater countermeasure launcher tubes for launching of Acoustic Device Countermeasures (ADCs)
Armament:

Construction and career

Kokuryū was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on January 21, 2011 as the 2010 plan 2900-ton submarine No. 8121 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan. At the launching ceremony, it was named Kokuryū and launched on 31 October 2013. She’s commissioned on 9 March 2015 and deployed to Yokosuka.

Kokuryū homeport is Yokosuka.[3]

  • JS Kokuryū at Kobe on 4 November 2013.
  • JS Kokuryū at Kobe on 14 February 2015.
  • JS Kokuryū surfacing, date unknown.

Citations
  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.

References
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