JS Shōryū (SS-510) is the tenth boat of Sōryū-class submarines operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. 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, she was named Shōryū and launched on 6 November 2017. She was 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.
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