JS Shōryū (SS-510)
# JS Shōryū (SS-510)

JS Shōryū (SS-510) is the tenth boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned on 18 March 2019.

## Construction and career

Shōryū was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on January 28, 2015, as the 2014 plan 2900-ton submarine No. 8125 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan. At the launching ceremony, it was named Shōryū and launched on 6 November 2017. She's commissioned on 18 March 2019 and deployed to Kure.

Shōryū homeport is Kure.

On October 9, 2020, anti-submarine warfare training was conducted with the escort vessels JS Kaga and JS Ikazuchi which were participating in the Reiwa 2nd Indo-Pacific dispatch training in the South China Sea.

## Gallery

* JS Shōryū being launched at Kobe on 1 December 2017.
* JS Shōryū at Kobe on 11 November 2017.
* JS Shōryū at Kobe on 11 November 2017.

## Citations

* 1 2 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.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202010/20201009.pdf
