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Japan Commissions Fourth Taigei-class Submarine
Citat:The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has commissioned the fourth of its Taigei-class diesel-electric attack submarines (SSK), which feature better detection and anti-detection capabilities than its older boats.
Named JS Raigei (with pennant number SS 516), the new Taigei-class boat was inducted into the Submarine Division 1 of Submarine Flotilla 1, which is homeported at the Kure naval base in Hiroshima Prefecture, shortly after being handed over by shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) at its facility in Kobe City on March 6.
According to the JMSDF, the new submarine has a crew complement of about 70, an overall length of 84 m, a beam of 9.1 m, a draught of 10.4 m, and a standard displacement of about 3,000 tonnes, meaning that it is slightly larger than the well-known previous Soryu-class SSKs, which are 84 m long, 9.1 m wide, 10.3 m depth, and have a standard displacement of 2,950 tonnes.
The Taigei-class for the first time has female-only compartments such as a living space for up to six women, according to the service.
Raigei means “thunder whale” in Japanese. The Taigei class submarines all incorporate “Gei” (whale) into their names, following the “Shio” (tide) and “Ryu” (dragon) series seen in previous JMSDF submarines. “Taigei” itself means “big whale.”
The new submarine, which cost about 70.2 billion yen ($470 million) to build, is powered by a diesel-electric engine generating 6,000 hp. It has a maximum speed underwater of 20 knots.
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