Well, Chicoutimi is banned for sea now, and is going to preserve.
Would have been a good boat though.
Only funny thing is that the first thing canadians did when they got them was to remove the FCs and replace it with the one that was in the old O-class.

KJ, japanese are, culturally, serving their boats with more crew then others.
Doesn’t mean it is a bad thing though, as we can say they are a model for social life.
For T-471, it was a requirement from Ozzie DoD to have a small crew. Mainly because they find it hard to field ppl in.

The last itteration of the Kilo is 2,600ton – not that big.

The older ones are 3,000tons, but they have that double hull that makes them cramped like a type-VII.
Walrus had their share of problems too.