JS Kenryū (SS-504) is the fourth boat of Sōryū-class submarines. She was commissioned into the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on 16 March 2012.
Construction and career Kenryū was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on March 31, 2008, as the 2007 plan 2900-ton submarine No. 8119 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan. At the launching ceremony, she was named Kenryū and launched on 15 November 2010. She was commissioned on 16 March 2012 and deployed to Kure.
Kenryū participated in US dispatch training (to Hawaii) from January 18 to April 9, 2016.
From February 12 to May 10, 2020, Kenryū was dispatched as part of offshore training and facility utilization training conducted in the Hawaiian Islands area.
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