JS Chōgei
Chōgei before being launched, 4 October 2024 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Japan | |
| Name | Chōgei |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard |
| Cost | 68.4 billion yen |
| Laid down | 19 April 2022 |
| Launched | 4 October 2024 |
| Commissioned | March 2026 |
| Identification | Pennant number: SS-517 |
| Status | Fitting out |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Taigei-class submarine |
| Displacement | 3,000 t (3,000 long tons) (standard) |
| Length | 84 m (275 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 9.1 m (29 ft 10 in) |
| Depth | 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power | 6,000 PS (4,400 kW; 5,900 hp) (shaft output) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric transmission, lithium-ion batteries |
| Crew | 70 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
|
| Armament |
|
_launching_ceremony_at_the_Mitsubishi_Dockyard_Kobe_October_4,_2024_10.jpg){kind=link}
Chōgei (ちょうげい) is a diesel-electric submarine of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the fifth and final member of the Taigei class. Her name is written in kanji as "長鯨", literally meaning "giant whale", and this is the third use of the name, after the Meiji-era steamboat Chōgei Maru, and the Imperial Japanese Navy's Jingei-class submarine tender Chōgei.