SORYU Class oftwelve non-nuclear submarines (SS) of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)built in Kobe shipyards of Mitsubishi and Kawasaki. The first twoboats commissioned in 200...
and beyond easy discovery and filming but remain to be located and documented -- SHINANO, off Cape Ushio, Japan; TAIHO, SHOKAKU, HIYO, in the Philippine Sea north of Yap Island; ZUIKAKU, ZUIHO, CHIYODA, CHITOSE off Cape Engano, Luzon; HIRYU and SORYU off Midway; SHOHO in the Coral Sea...
A Japanese submarine visits the U.S. Pearl Harbor Navy base, Hawaii, on October 15. The Soryu-class submarines are diesel-electric submarines that entered service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces in 2009. [Sina.com] A Japanese submarine visits the U.S. Pearl Harbor Navy base, Ha...
A Japanese submarine visits the U.S. Pearl Harbor Navy base, Hawaii, on October 15. The Soryu-class submarines are diesel-electric submarines that entered service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces in 2009. [Sina.com] A Japanese submarine visits the U.S. Pearl Harbor Navy base, Ha...
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has commenced construction of the first of a new class of at least three diesel-electric attack submarines (SSKs) to supplement the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's (JMSDF's) fleet of Soryu-class SSKs, a company spokesperson told Jane's on 4 ...
This type of submarine is rather unique in that ituses a combination of a diesel engine and a large bank of lithium-ion batteriesrather than the traditional lead-acid type. These batteries, while very expensive, are believed to allow the Soryu to remain submerged for up to 30 days and run...
The Japanese had also tried to move up to an armored deck. But they could only build one, theTaiho, and it ended up sinking at the Battle of the Philippine Sea from an explosion that resulted from a submarine torpedo hit, when the fumes of poorly refined aviation fuel were ignited. So...