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| Ship image=File:JS Oryu(SS-511) left side view at the Mitsubishi Dockyard Kobe October 7, 2018.jpg
| Ship caption=JS ''Ōryū'' on 7 October 2018
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| Ship country= Japan
| Ship flag= {{Shipboxflag|Japan|naval}}
| Ship name= *''Ōryū''
*(おうりゅう)
| Ship namesake= Knowledgeable dragon (凰龍)
| Ship ordered=2015
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| Ship builder=[[Kawasaki Heavy Industries]]
| Ship original cost=[[¥]]69 billion
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| Ship laid down= 16 November 2015
| Ship launched= 4 October 2018
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| Ship commissioned= 5 March 2020
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| Ship homeport= [[Kure]]
| Ship identification=*SS-511
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| Ship status= Active
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| Ship class=[[Sōryū-class submarine|''Sōryū''-class]] [[attack submarine]]
|Ship displacement=*Surfaced: {{convert|2900|t|LT|0|lk=out}}
*Submerged: {{convert|4200|t|LT|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship length={{convert|84.0|m|ftin|lk=on|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|9.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|8.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*1-shaft 2× Kawasaki 12V 25/25 SB-type diesel engines [[diesel-electric]]
*[[Lithium-ion battery]]
*{{convert|3900|hp|abbr=on|lk=in}} surfaced
*{{convert|8000|hp|abbr=on}} submerged
|Ship speed=*Surfaced: {{convert|13|kn|abbr=on|lk=in}}
*Submerged: {{convert|20|kn|abbr=on}}<ref name="globalsecurity.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/2900ton-specs.htm|title=SS-501 Soryu / 16SS / SS 2,900 ton Class|first=John|last=Pike|website=www.globalsecurity.org|access-date=2012-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305022750/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/2900ton-specs.htm|archive-date=2016-03-05|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Ship range=Unspecified; no AIP installed. For Sōryū-class, with AIP — endurance (est.): {{convert|6100|nmi|km mi}} at {{convert|6.5|kn|km/h mph}}<ref name="globalsecurity.org"/>
|Ship complement=65 (9 officers, 56 enlisted)
|Ship sensors=*ZPS-6F surface/low-level air search [[radar]]
*Hughes/Oki ZQQ-7 [[Sonar]] suite: 1× bow-array, 4× LF flank arrays and 1× [[Towed array sonar]]
|Ship EW=*ZLR-3-6 [[Electronic warfare support measures|ESM]] equipment
*2× 3-inch underwater countermeasure launcher tubes for launching of [[Electronic countermeasures#Infrared and Sound Analogies|Acoustic Device Countermeasures (ADCs)]]
|Ship armament=*6 × HU-606 {{convert|21|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes with 30 reloads{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}} for:
*1.) [[Type 89 torpedo]]
*2.) [[Harpoon (missile)]]
*Mines
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'''JS ''Ōryū'' (SS-511)''' is the eleventh boat of [[Sōryū-class submarine]]s. She was commissioned on 5 March 2020.

==Construction and career==
''Ōryū'' was [[Keel laying|laid down]] at [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]] [[Kobe]] Shipyard on November 16, 2015, as the 2015 plan 2900 ton type submarine No. 8126 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan (23 medium-term defense), and October 2018 It was named and [[Launched (ship)|launched]] on 4 March, and the delivery ceremony and the self-defense ship flag awarding ceremony were held on 5 March 2020, and it was [[Commissioned (ship)|commissioned]]. It was incorporated into the 1st Submarine Flotilla and deployed at [[Kure Naval Arsenal|Kure Naval Base]].<ref>https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202003/20200303.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-05|title=JMSDF Commissioned its 1st Li-Ion Battery Submarine SS-511 JS Ōryū おうりゅう|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/03/jmsdf-commissioned-its-1st-li-ion-battery-submarine-ss-511-js-oryu-おうりゅう/|access-date=2020-10-30|website=Naval News|language=en-US}}</ref>

The ''Ōryū'' bears the distinction of being the first submarine launched with [[Lithium-ion batteries]], which replaced the AIP [[Stirling engine]] system used in the other boats of the Sōryū-class submarines.

== Gallery ==
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File:JS Oryu(SS-511) left rear view at the Mitsubishi Dockyard Kobe October 7, 2018 02.jpg|JS ''Ōryū'' at [[Kobe]] on 7 October 2018.
File:JS Oryu(SS-511) left rear view at the Mitsubishi Dockyard Kobe October 7, 2018 01.jpg|JS ''Ōryū'' at [[Kobe]] on 7 October 2018.
File:JS Oryu(SS-511) right rear view at the Mitsubishi Dockyard Kobe October 7, 2018.jpg|JS ''Ōryū'' at [[Kobe]] on 7 October 2018.
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==Citations==
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==References==
*『世界の艦船 増刊第66集 海上自衛隊全艦艇史』（海人社、2004年）

==External links==
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