< img src = "/uploads/blogs/CE/73/ib-f-f-f-fi.316240df.jpg" Alt = "opened the technical characteristics < p > Japanese self-defense forces put into operation the fourth diesel-electric submarine of the Taigei class, which has improved opportunities for detection and hidden. The new submarine was named JS Raigei (SS 516) and was handed over to Kawasaki Heavy Industries on a shipyard in Kobe on March 6. Its base will be the naval base of Kure in Hiroshima Prefecture.
< p >The Taigei class has a standard watertone of 3000 tons, a length of 84 meters, a width of 9.1 meters and a sediment 10.4 meters. This is a little more than the Sorryu submarines, which it gradually replaces. For the first time in the history of the Japanese fleet on board Raigei provides separate premises for female crew member.< P > The boat is equipped with a modern Savers ZQQ-8, which significantly exceeds the previous ZQQ-7, as well as with new Kawasaki 12V 25/31 diesel engines, which have greater power and operate in a pair with advanced shnnper to improve energy. Like the last two Soryu boats, Raigei uses lithium-ion batteries produced by GS Yuasa that provide a larger margin of course and faster charge recovery.
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