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Description
Vessel Type: Fast Attack SubmarineBuilder: Mitstubishi Heavy Industries
Introduced: Originally 2019 - First boat built in 2022
Price: Unknown
Length: 87 meters
Beam: 8.6 meters
Propulsion: New generation of disel-electric engine, fuel cells,
Max deepth: 850 meters
Speed: 19 knots (surfaced), 31 knots (submerged)
Crew: 6 officers, 38 enlisted
Armament: 6x 21'' bow torpedo launchers for ASW-ASuW torpedoes, 2x 21'' aft torpedo launchers for ASW-ASuW torpedoes (in total can carry 24 torpedoes), 8x VLS for Anti-ship, anti-air missiles (up to 16 missiles), 24 mines
It have advanced counter measures against both torpedoes and guided missiles, also ship is equipped with jammer technology.
Heavy tripple hull with anti-sonar layer on hull
(This story is alternative to one i used before)
Ryujin is originally designed as a supplement to already advanced Soryu class. It was believed that this submarine and additional Soryu subs were direct answer on growing threat from China. In period from 2000-2020 China rapidly grow its navy, it was believed that by the 2025-30 there will be over seventy submarines in Chinese navy. With Chinese expansions this makes great threat to every nation nearby. It is not suprised that South Korea and Japan decided to double its military expnesures, building more ships then it was originally intented. While Japan expected to have around 22-24 subs by the 2022, with Chinese expansion number of submarines were to increase on 34. In the new plan, it was decided that all ten Oyashio class submarines will be upgraded, Soryu class which originally was number eleven boats was increased to fifteen with possibility of six additional units and finally third submarine class the Ryujin was introduced as supplement to Soryu. Basicly Ryujin took many technologies and even some of its design but it was brand new submarine. Ryujin had many improvements over Soryu although all of these improvements were later added to Soryu as well.
Two batches (each having 5 boats) were planned for 2022-2030 period with possibility of third batch as well.
Batch I:
518 Ryujin - commissioned in 2022
521 Raijin - commissioned in 2022
522 Fujin - commissioned in 2023
523 Tenjin - to be commissioned in later 2023
524 Suijin - to be commissioned in 2024
Batch II:
525 Tengu - to be commissioned in 2024
526 Izanami - to be commissioned in 2025
527 Izanagi - to be commissioned in 2025
528 Ninigi - to be commissioned in 2026
529 Tsukuyomi - to be commissioned in 2026
