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JS Zuiryū
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JS Zuiryū (SS-505) is the fifth boat of Sōryū-class submarines, operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 6 March 2013.[2]

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Construction and career

Zuiryū was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 16 March 2009, as the 2008 plan 2900-ton submarine No. 8120 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan. At the launching ceremony, she was named Zuiryū and launched on 20 October 2011. She was commissioned on 6 March 2013 and deployed to Yokosuka.[citation needed]

From 1 July to 3 October 2017, she participated in US dispatch training and conducted offshore training and facility utilization training in the Guam and Hawaiian Islands areas.[3]

On 30 September 2018, the ship provided Shigeru Joshima and Tomoya Nagase with Navy curry on the NTV TV program "The! Tetsuwan! DASH !!"[citation needed]

From 12 September to 18 December 2019, she would participate in US dispatch training and conduct offshore training and facility use training in the Hawaiian Islands area.[4]

Zuiryū's homeport is Yokosuka.[5]

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