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JS ''Seiryū'' (SS-509) is the ninth boat of
Sōryū-class submarine The ''Sōryū''-class submarines (''16SS'') are diesel-electric attack submarines. The first boat in the class entered service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in 2009. The design is an evolution of the , from which it can most easily ...
s. She was commissioned on 12 March 2018.


Construction and career

''Seiryū'' was
laid down Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction. It is often marked with a ceremony attended by dignitaries from the shipbuilding company and the ultimate owners of the ship. Keel laying is one ...
at
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group and its automobile division is the prede ...
Kobe Kobe ( ; , ), officially , is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's List of Japanese cities by population, seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Port of Toky ...
Shipyard on October 22, 2013, as the 2013 plan 2900-ton submarine No. 8124 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan. At the
launching ceremony An opening ceremony, grand opening, or ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the official opening of a newly constructed location or the start of an event.
, it was named ''Seiryū'' and launched on 12 October 2016. She was commissioned on 12 March 2018 and deployed to
Yokosuka is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has a population of 373,797, and a population density of . The total area is . Yokosuka is the 11th-most populous city in the Greater Tokyo Area, and the 12th in the Kantō region. The city i ...
, which became her homeport.


Gallery

File:JS Seiryu(SS-509) at the Mitsubishi Dockyard Kobe October 23, 2016 03.jpg, JS ''Seiryū'' at
Kobe Kobe ( ; , ), officially , is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's List of Japanese cities by population, seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Port of Toky ...
on 23 October 2016. File:JS Seiryu(SS-509) at Mitsubishi Dockyard Kobe February 26, 2017.jpg, JS ''Seiryū'' at
Kobe Kobe ( ; , ), officially , is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's List of Japanese cities by population, seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Port of Toky ...
on 23 October 2016. File:JS Seiryu(SS-509) Right Side View at the Mitsubishi Dockyard Kobe October 23, 2016.jpg, JS ''Seiryū'' at
Kobe Kobe ( ; , ), officially , is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's List of Japanese cities by population, seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Port of Toky ...
on 23 October 2016.


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