JS Zuiryū

	JS Zuiryū at Yokosuka on 2 August 2014
History
Japan
Name	Zuiryū ; (ずいりゅう);
Namesake	Kenryū
Ordered	2008
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Cost	¥64.3 billion
Laid down	16 March 2009
Launched	20 October 2011
Commissioned	6 March 2013
Homeport	Yokosuka
Identification	SS-505
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);
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 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 Zuiryū (SS-505) is the fifth boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned on 6 March 2013.^[2]

Construction and career[edit]

Zuiryū was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on March 16, 2009, as the 2008 plan 2900-ton submarine No. 8120 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan. At the launching ceremony, it was named Zuiryū and launched on 20 October 2011. She was commissioned on 6 March 2013 and deployed to Yokosuka.

From July 1 to October 3, 2017, he participated in US dispatch training and conducted offshore training and facility utilization training in the Guam and Hawaiian Islands areas.^[3]

On September 30, 2018, the ship provided Shigeru Joshima and Tomoya Nagase with Navy curry on the NTV TV program "The! Tetsuwan! DASH !!"

From September 12 to December 18, 2019, he will participate in US dispatch training and conduct offshore training and facility use training in the Hawaiian Islands area.^[4]

Zuiryū’s homeport is Yokosuka.^[5]

Gallery[edit]

JS Zuiryū at Kobe on 16 December 2012.
JS Zuiryū, date unknown.
JS Zuiryū, date unknown.

Citations[edit]

^ ^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.
^ Press release Archived 12 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
^ Press release Archived 3 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine
^ "潜航中に充電！最新潜水艦「ずいりゅう」". 日テレNEWS24 (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 October 2020.

External links[edit]

Media related to JS Zuiryū (SS-505) 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] Press release Archived 12 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Press release Archived 3 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine

[5] "潜航中に充電！最新潜水艦「ずいりゅう」". 日テレNEWS24 (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 October 2020.

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