Submarine Raigei delivered to MSDF

Submarine Raigei delivered to MSDF

Photo taken on March 6, 2025, shows the submarine Raigei following a ceremony marking its delivery to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force at a shipyard of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. in Kobe, western Japan. The 84-meter submarine weighing about 3,000 tons will be deployed at the MSDF's base in Kure in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA004123493
  • Registered date
  • 2025/3/06 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2025 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3968 × 2193 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.15(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

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