JS Unryū
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Name |
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Namesake | Flying dragon in cloud |
Ordered | 2005 |
Builder | Kawasaki Heavy Industries |
Cost | ¥64.3 billion |
Laid down | 31 March 2006 |
Launched | 15 October 2008 |
Commissioned | 25 March 2010 |
Homeport | Kure |
Identification | SS-502 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sōryū-class attack submarine |
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Length | 84.0 m (275 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 9.1 m (29 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in) |
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Speed | |
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)[1] |
Complement | 65 (9 officers, 56 enlisted) |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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JS Unryū (SS-502) is the second boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned on 25 March 2010.
Construction and career
[edit]Unryū was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 31 March 2006 as the 2005 plan 2900-ton submarine No. 8117 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan. At the launching ceremony, it was named Unryū and launched. She's commissioned on 25 March 2010 and deployed to Kure.[citation needed]
On 24 September 2013, she left Kure for Hawaii for training in the United States. I returned to Kure on 24 December.[citation needed]
From 10 to 15 May 2016, joint training such as anti-submarine training was conducted with the Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Rankin off the coast of Shikoku.[citation needed]
From 14 October of the same year to 14 January 2017, he participated in the US dispatch training (toward Hawaii).[2]
From 27 August – 28 November 2020, he will participate in US dispatch training (submarines) and conduct offshore training and facility utilization training in the Hawaiian Islands area.[3]
Unryū belongs to the 5th Submarine of the 1st Submarine Group, and its homeport is Kure.[citation needed]
Gallery
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JS Unryū being launched at Kobe on 15 October 2008.
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JS Unryū, date unknown
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JS Unryū at Kobe on 14 April 2013.
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JS Unryū at Kobe on 14 April 2013.
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JS Unryū at Kure on 15 September 2014.
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JS Unryū at Pearl Harbor on 4 November 2016.
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.
- ^ "平成28年度第2回米国派遣訓練(潜水艦)について" [FY2016 Second US Expedition Training (Submarine)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2020.
- ^ "令和2年度第1回米国派遣訓練(潜水艦)について" [First US dispatch training (submarine) for FY2020] (PDF) (in Japanese).
External links
[edit] Media related to JS Unryū (SS-502) at Wikimedia Commons