JDS Hamashio (SS-578)

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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese submarine Setoshio.

History
Japan
Name
  • Hamashio
  • (はましお)
Ordered1981
BuilderKawasaki, Kobe
Laid down8 April 1982
Launched1 February 1984
Commissioned5 March 1985
Decommissioned9 March 2006
ReclassifiedTSS-3604
HomeportKure
IdentificationPennant number: SS-578
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and type Yūshio-class submarine
Displacement
Length76.0 m (249.3 ft)
Beam9.9 m (32.5 ft)
Draught7.4 m (24.3 ft)
Propulsion
  • 1-shaft diesel-electric
  • 3,400 shp (2,500 kW) (surfaced)
  • 7,200 shp (5,400 kW) (submerged)
Speed
  • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced)
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (submerged)
Complement
  • 10 officers
  • 65–70 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
  • 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes with reloads for:
  • 1.) Type 89 torpedo
  • 2.) Type 80 ASW Torpedo
  • 3.) UGM-84 Harpoon

JDS Hamashio (SS-578) was a Yūshio-class submarine. She was commissioned on 5 March 1985.[1][2]

Construction and career[]

Hamashio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 8 April 1982 and launched on 1 February 1984. She was commissioned on 5 March 1985, into the 2nd Submarine Group in Yokosuka.

On 27 March 1985, she was transferred as the 2nd submarine with JDS Nadashio on the same day.

She participated in Hawaii dispatch training from September 10th to December 11th, 1987.

Around 8:30 am on April 7, 1994, a fire broke out from the switchboard in the engine room during charging work at the Yokosuka base, one person was burned, and several people inhaled gas. The fire was extinguished in about 10 minutes.

On 9 March 2000, she was transferred to the 6th submarine (Yokosuka) of the 2nd Submarine Group.

On 4 March 2003, she was reclassified as a training submarine, her hull number changed to TSS-3604, she was transferred to the 1st training submarine under the direct control of the submarine fleet, and her homeport became Kure.

She was decommissioned on 9 March 2006.[3]

She was dismantled at a scrap factory in Etajima on 22 January 2008.

Citations[]

  1. ^ Takao, Ishibashi (2002). 海上自衛隊全艦船 1952-2002. Japan: 並木書房.
  2. ^ 世界の艦船 増刊第665集 海上自衛隊潜水艦史. Japan: 海人社. 2006.
  3. ^ 世界の艦船 増刊第66集 海上自衛隊全艦艇史. Japan: 海人社. 2004.


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