SORYU-Oyashio TABLE as at March 22, 2017
SS | Build No | Pennant | MoF approved amount ¥ Billions & FY | LABs, LIBs, AIP | Laid Down | Laun | Commi-ssioned | Built |
8105 Oyashio | ¥52.2B | LABs only | Jan 1994 | Oct 1996 | Mar 1998 | KHI | ||
6SS-15SS | 8106 | SS-591-600 | ¥52.2B per sub | LABs only | 15SS Feb 2004 | 15SS Nov 2006 | 15SS Mar 2008 | MHI |
16SS Soryu Mk 1 | 8116 | SS-501 | ¥60B FY2004 | LABs + AIP | Mar 2005 | Dec 2007 | Mar | MHI |
17SS | 8117 | SS-502 | ¥58.7B FY2005 | LABs + AIP | Mar 2006 | Oct 2008 | Mar | KHI |
18SS | 8118 | SS-503 | ¥56.2 FY2006 | LABs + AIP | Feb 2007 | Oct 2009 | Mar | MHI |
19SS | 8119 | SS-504 | ¥53B FY2007 | LABs + AIP | Mar 2008 | Nov 2010 | Mar | KHI |
20SS | 8120 | SS-505 | ¥51B FY2008 | LABs + AIP | Mar 2009 | Oct 2011 | Mar | MHI |
No | No 21SS built | |||||||
22SS | 8121 | SS-506 | ¥52.8B FY2010 | LABs + AIP | Jan 2011 | Oct 2013 | Mar | KHI |
23SS | 8122 | SS-507 | ¥54.6B FY2011 | LABs + AIP | Feb 2012 | Oct 2014 | 7 Mar 2016 | MHI |
24SS | 8123 | SS-508 | ¥54.7B FY2012 | LABs + AIP | KHI | |||
25SS | SS-509 | ¥53.1B FY2013 | LABs + AIP | 22 Oct 2013 | 12 Oct 2016 | Mar? 2018 | MHI | |
26SS | 8125 | SS-510 | LABs + AIP | 2014 | ? | Mar 2019? | KHI | |
27SS Soryu Mk 2 | 8126 | SS-511 | LIBs only | 2015 | 2017? | Mar 2020 | MHI | |
28SS Soryu Mark 2 | 8127 | SS-512 | ¥63.6B FY2016 | LIBs only | 2016? | 2018? | Mar 2021? | KHI |
29SS New Class | ? | ? | ¥76B FY2018 | LIBs only | ? | ? | 2023? | MHI? |
Table courtesy of exclusive information provided to Submarine Matters. LABs = lead-acid batteries, AIP=air independent propulsion, LIBs=lithium-ion batteries. ¥***B = Billion Yen.
The latest news is the commissioning, on 13 March 2017, of 24SS (Sekiryū). It is the eigth Soryu Mark 1 (powered by LABs and Stirling AIP) that is now serving. There are just two more Soryu Mark 1s (25SS and 26SS) to be commissioned in March 2018 and March 2019 respectively.
27SS, the first Soryu Mark 2 will be the first LIBs only submarine to be commissioned (probably in 2020).