JS Zuiryū
Sōryū-class submarine of the Japanese Navy (2008)
JS Zuiryū (SS-505) is the fifth boat of Sōryū-class submarines, operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 6 March 2013.
01Construction and career
Zuiryū was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 16 March 2009, as the 2008 plan 2900-ton submarine No. 8120 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan. At the launching ceremony, she was named Zuiryū and launched on 20 October 2011. She was commissioned on 6 March 2013 and deployed to Yokosuka.
From 1 July to 3 October 2017, she participated in US dispatch training and conducted offshore training and facility utilization training in the Guam and Hawaiian Islands areas.
On 30 September 2018, the ship provided Shigeru Joshima and Tomoya Nagase with Navy curry on the NTV TV program "The! Tetsuwan! DASH !!"
From 12 September to 18 December 2019, she would participate in US dispatch training and conduct offshore training and facility use training in the Hawaiian Islands area.
Zuiryū's homeport is Yokosuka.
Sources and credits
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- Zuiryū aan de Yoshikura-Pier tijdens de open dag 2014, -2 augustus 2014 a.jpg by 松元 嘉明, CC BY-SA 3.0
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