JS Hakugei
JS Hakugei being launched on 14 October 2021 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Japan | |
| Name | Hakugei (はくげい) |
| Namesake | White Sperm Whale |
| Ordered | 2018 |
| Builder | Kawasaki Heavy Industries |
| Cost | ¥69.7 billion |
| Laid down | 25 January 2019 |
| Launched | 14 October 2021 |
| Commissioned | 20 March 2023 |
| Identification | SS-514 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Taigei-class submarine |
| Displacement | Surface: 3,000 tonnes |
| Length | 84.0 m (275 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 9.1 m (29 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in) |
| Complement | 70 |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Armament |
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JS Hakugei (SS-514), "White Sperm Whale", is the second boat of the Taigei-class attack submarine of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The submarine was ordered from Kawasaki Heavy Industries in 2018 and laid down on 25 January 2019 at Kobe, Japan. Hakugei was launched on 14 October 2021. She was commissioned in March 2023.