October 9, 2018 Japan launches first lithium-ion powered attack submarine Written by Baird Maritime on October 9, 2018. Posted in Submersibles (Naval). JS Oryu, Japan’s first diesel-electric submarine to be powered by lithium-ion batteries, was launched at the Kobe shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on .. Read More
March 15, 2018 Japan commissions ninth Sōryū-class submarine Written by Baird Maritime on March 15, 2018. Posted in Submersibles (Naval). Japan’s Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) has commissioned its ninth Sōryū-class submarine in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Kansai, Honshu. Read More