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'{{short description|Taigei-class attack submarine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {|{{Infobox ship begin}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:JS Taigei(SS-513) right front view at the Mitsubishi Dockyard Kobe October 18, 2020 03.jpg | Ship caption = JS ''Taigei'' at [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries|Mitsubishi Dockyard]], [[Kobe]] on 18 October 2020. }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Japan | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} | Ship name = *''Taigei'' (たいげい) | Ship namesake = Big Whale | Ship ordered = 2017 | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]] | Ship original cost = {{currency|69.7 billion|JPY|passthrough=yes}} | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = 16 March 2018 | Ship launched = 14 October 2020 | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 9 March 2022 | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = *SS-513 | Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honors = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = | Ship status = Active | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Taigei|submarine|0}} [[submarine]] | Ship displacement = Surface: 3,000 tonnes | Ship length = {{convert|84.0|m|ftin|lk=on|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|9.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = {{convert|10.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship propulsion = | Ship speed = | Ship range = | Ship endurance = | Ship test depth = | Ship complement = 70 | Ship sensors = *ZPS-6H surface/low-level air search [[radar]] *Oki ZQQ-8 [[Sonar]] | Ship EW = | Ship armament = *6 × HU-606 {{convert|21|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes for: *1.) [[Type 89 torpedo]] or Type 18 torpedo *2.) [[Harpoon (missile)]] | Ship notes = }} |} '''JS ''Taigei'' (SS-513)''' is the [[lead ship|first boat]] of the {{sclass|Taigei|submarine|0}} [[attack submarine]] of [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]]. The submarine was ordered from [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]] in 2017 and [[Keel laying|laid down]] on 16 March 2018 at [[Kobe]], Japan. ''Taigei'' was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 14 October 2020 and commissioned on 9 March 2022.<ref name="chunichi030922">{{cite web|url=https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/431591|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309151843/https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/431591|script-title=ja:新型潜水艦「たいげい」就役 海自、22隻体制に増強|language=ja|publisher=[[The Chunichi Shimbun]]|date=March 9, 2022|archive-date=March 9, 2022|access-date=March 9, 2022}}</ref> == Development and design == The hull design of the ''Taigei'' class is said to not differ too much from the operational {{sclass|Sōryū|submarine|4}} but will be 100 tons heavier than its predecessor. However, the ''Taigei''-class submarines will be more advanced as they are equipped with newer equipment such as sonar systems and [[Submarine snorkel|snorkel]] power generation system. The ''Taigei'' class will use [[Lithium-ion battery|lithium-ion batteries]] much like [[JS Ōryū (SS-511)|JS Ōryū]] and [[JS Tōryū (SS-512)|JS Tōryū]] of the ''Sōryū''-class submarines.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/mhi-launches-first-of-new-class-of-submarines-for-jmsdf-equipped-with-lithium-ion-batteries |title=MHI launches first of new class of submarines for JMSDF equipped with lithium-ion batteries |work=Janes’ |first= Kosuke |last=Takahashi |date=14 October 2020 |access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref> The submarine will likely use the Type 18 torpedo, which project name is "G-RX6".<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://grandfleet.info/military-trivia/japanese_submarine_new_3000/|title=軍事的雑学｜日本の新型｢3000トン型潜水艦｣は、そうりゅう型潜水艦を超える？|date=6 February 2019|work=航空万能論GF|access-date=11 January 2020 |archive-date=11 November 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191111080950/https://grandfleet.info/military-trivia/japanese_submarine_new_3000/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url= https://matome.naver.jp/odai/2147176629872626701|title=防衛省が新型潜水艦建造へ、燃料電池や新型ソナー、新型長魚雷で高性能化か|date=2019|work=Naver|access-date=11 January 2020|archive-date=17 November 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211117175928/https://matome.naver.jp/odai/2147176629872626701|url-status=dead}}</ref> In addition, in response to the lifting of restrictions on the placement of female SDF personnel on submarines, the work of female SDF personnel is being supported by establishing partitions in the living quarters and securing bedrooms for women. == Construction and career == ''Taigei'' was laid down at [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]] [[Kobe]] Shipyard on 16 March 2018 as the 2017 plan 3000-ton submarine No. 8128 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan (26 medium-term defense), and in 2020. It was named ''Taigei'' at the naming and [[Ceremonial ship launching|launching ceremony]] held at the factory on 14 October. It was handed over to the Maritime Self-Defense Force on 9 March 2022 and deployed to the [[JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base|Yokosuka Naval Base]].<ref name= "chunichi030922" /> Construction cost was estimated at {{currency|720 million|passthrough=yes}}.<ref>{{Cite web|date= 2020-10-14|title= Japan unveils new submarine in face of China's growing assertiveness|url= https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/10/14/national/japan-new-submarine-taigei-china/|access-date=2021-11-01|website=The Japan Times|language=en-US}}</ref> In June 2023, the submarine participated in exercises with a visiting vessel of the [[French Navy]], the frigate [[French frigate Lorraine|Lorraine]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/actualites/fapf-manoeuvres-conjointes-entre-forces-maritimes-japonaises-fremm-da-lorraine |title=FAPF – Manœuvres conjointes entre les forces maritimes japonaises et la FREMM-DA Lorraine |website=Ministère des Armées |date=12 June 2023|access-date=15 June 2023}}</ref> == Gallery == <gallery mode="nolines"> File:29SS submarine(SS-513) left front view at the Mitsubishi Dockyard Kobe October 4, 2020.jpg|JS ''Taigei'' on 4 October 2020. File:Forward of 29SS submarine(SS-513) left front view at the Mitsubishi Dockyard Kobe October 4, 2020.jpg|JS ''Taigei'' on 4 October 2020. File:Naming and Launch Ceremony of SS Taigei.jpg|JS ''Taigei'' on 14 October 2020. File:JS Taigei(SS-513) launching ceremony at the Mitsubishi Dockyard Kobe October 14, 2020 01.jpg|JS ''Taigei'' on 14 October 2020. File:JS Taigei(SS-513) launching ceremony at the Mitsubishi Dockyard Kobe October 14, 2020 04.jpg|JS ''Taigei'' on 14 October 2020. File:JS Taigei(SS-513) left front view at the Mitsubishi Dockyard Kobe October 18, 2020.jpg|JS ''Taigei'' on 18 October 2020. File:Sale of JS Taigei(SS-513) right front view at the Mitsubishi Dockyard Kobe October 18, 2020 03.jpg|JS ''Taigei'' on 18 October 2020. </gallery> ==Citations== {{Reflist}} {{Taigei class submarines}} {{Commons category|JS Taigei (SS-513)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taigei (SS-513)}} [[Category:Ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]] [[Category:2020 ships]] [[Category:Taigei-class submarines]]'