ASubmarines
Jang Bogo-class submarine
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Jang Bogo-class submarinelarger figure on 2 of 2
Shallow Water Combat Submersiblelarger figure on 0 of 2
Measured figures
original
Single sourcestretched version Nagapasa-class
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Jang Bogo-class submarine | Shallow Water Combat Submersible |
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| Power | 4 MTU Type 8V396 SE diesel engines 1 Siemens electric motor 1 shaft 5,000 shp (3,700 kW)[source] | — |
| Name | Jang Bogo class[source] | — |
| Builders | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering PT PAL[source] | Teledyne Brown Engineering[source] |
| Operators | Republic of Korea Navy Indonesian Navy[source] | United States Navy Royal Navy (planned)[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
56 m (184 ft) (original) 61.3 m (201 ft) (stretched version Nagapasa-class)[source]
Length
Single source6.8 meters (22 ft)[source]
at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) snorkeling
Single sourceat 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
Single sourceat 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph), submerged
Single source11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced, 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) snorkeling , 400 nmi (740 km; 460 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph), submerged[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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Type 214 submarine[source] |
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| Subclasses | Nagapasa class[source] | — |
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| Cost | $373M per vessel (Nagapasa-class Batch-1, 2011 April) $340M per vessel (Nagapasa-class Batch-2, 2019 December)[source] | $383 million (program cost)[source] |
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| In commission | 1993–present[source] | — |
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| Planned | 15[source] | — |
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| Completed | 12[source] |
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| Active | 11[source] | — |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Test depth | 500 m (1,600 ft)[source] | >190 feet (58 m)[source] |
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| Armament | 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 14 SUT torpedoes UGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile integration[source] | SEAL team personal weapons, limpet mines[source] |
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| Alternative designation | Jang Bogo class[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Germany[source] | United States[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 5, cell 2; revision 1373375989; retrieved 2026-09-30 |
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| Preceded by | — | SEAL Delivery Vehicle[source] |
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| On order | — | 7 USN, 3 RN[source] |
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| Building | — |
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| Type | — | Submersible , diver propulsion vehicle[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | Lithium-ion batteries powering electric motors[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Inertial navigation system , high-frequency sonar for obstacle/mine avoidance and navigation, GPS[source] |
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