Asashio-class submarine
The Asashio-class submarine is a submarine class of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. This class is the successor of Ōshio.
Arashio alongside in Apra Harbor on 1 April 1984 | |
Class overview | |
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Name: | Asashio |
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Operators: | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
Preceded by: | Ōshio |
Succeeded by: | Uzushio class |
Built: | 1964−1969 |
In commission: | 1966−1986 |
Planned: | 4 |
Completed: | 4 |
Retired: | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Submarine |
Displacement: |
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Length: | 88 m (288 ft 9 in) |
Beam: | 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in) |
Draft: | 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in) |
Depth: | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: |
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Complement: | 80 |
Armament: | 8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (6 × bow-tube, 2 × stern-tube) |
Boats
Project no. | Building no. | Pennant no. | Name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Note |
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S117 | 8062 | SS-562 | Asashio (あさしお) | 15 October 1964 | 27 November 1965 | 13 October 1966 | Decommissioned 30 March 1983, scrapped |
8062 | SS-563 | Harushio (はるしお) | 12 October 1965 | 25 February 1967 | 1 December 1967 | Decommissioned 30 March 1984, scrapped | |
8063 | SS-564 | Michishio (みちしお) | 26 July 1966 | 5 December 1967 | 29 August 1968 | Decommissioned 27 March 1985, scrapped | |
8064 | SS-565 | Arashio (あらしお) | 5 July 1967 | 24 October 1968 | 25 July 1969 | Decommissioned 27 March 1986, scrapped |
See also
- Kuroshio (SS-501) - First submarine acquired by the JMSDF, via it being loaned by the U.S under the Military Assistance Program.
- JDS Oyashio (SS-511) - First naval submarine built in post-war Japan.
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