Japanese Navy Commissions JS Toryu (the last Soryu)

The following is a summary of Ryan White's UK based Naval Post, on March 24, 2021, report:

"Japan commissions JS Toryu, its Second Submarine Running on Li-Ion Batteries"

The Japanese Navy commissioned its 12th and final Soryu-class sub, JS Toryu, at KHI's Kobe shipyard on March 24, 2021. Toryu is assigned to the 2nd Submarine Flotilla, Kure naval base. Like the preceding Soryu-class sub JSS Oryu, Toryu use LIBs from GS Yuasa with no Stirling AIP. The LIBs are lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide (NCA). LIBs require less maintenance, have longer endurance or permit higher speed compared to LABs. [See "Key to" the  SORYU Table below for expansions of all these acronyms.]

[Pete Comment: Soryu subs are budgeted by the Japanese Finance Ministry in Japanese Yen and may average the equivalent of US$550 million for the longterm and only customer, the Japanese Navy. Export prices would be much higher with the need for risk, technology transfer and profit margins. JS Toryu itself cost around US$584 million, probably due to the extra development and production costs of its LIBs.].

Specs for the Soryu include: 84m long, 9.1m beam, 2,900 tonnes (surfaced), about  4,200 tonnes (submerged), 65 crew. Max range 6,100nm at 6.5kn. 2 x 12V25/25SB Kawasaki diesels.

6 x 533mm torpedo tubes for Type 89 torpedoes, UGM-84 Harpoon AShMs and mines.
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Note: Naval Post is a UK based online defence media company, focused on Warships, Submarines, Naval Air, Marines, Coast Guard, and Naval Missiles. It started in 2016 with the name of “Naval News”. In 2021 it changed its name to Naval Post.

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SORYU Oyashio & Taigei TABLE
(with old Oyashio and new Taigei classes) as at March 25, 2021. 

Table by Anonymous and Pete