[2] Hakuryū was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 6 February 2007 as the 2006 plan 2900-ton submarine No.

8118 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan.

Hakuryū belongs to the 5th Submarine Corps, and its homeport is Kure.

On 15 January 2013, she left Kure for training in the United States in Pearl Harbor.

[3] Media related to JS Hakuryū (SS-503) at Wikimedia Commons