JDS Okishio (SS-576)

History
Japan
Name	Okishio (おきしお)
Ordered	1979
Builder	Kawasaki, Kobe
Laid down	17 April 1980
Launched	5 March 1982
Commissioned	1 March 1983
Decommissioned	4 March 2003
Reclassified	TSS-3603
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: SS-576
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Yūshio-class submarine
Displacement	2,300 tonnes (surfaced) 2,900 tonnes (submerged)
Length	76.0 m (249.3 ft)
Beam	9.9 m (32.5 ft)
Draught	7.4 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	Sonar Hughes/Oki ZQQ 5 hull mounted sonar ZQR 1 towed array Radar JRC ZPS 5/6 I-band search radar.
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 Okishio (SS-576) was a Yūshio-class submarine. She was commissioned on 1 March 1983.^[1][2]

Construction and career[]

Okishio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 17 April 1980 and launched on 5 March 1982. She was commissioned on 1 March 1983, into the 2nd Submarine Group in Yokosuka.

Participated in Hawaii dispatch training from 9 September to 3 December 1985.

From 1 July to 30 November 1987, she undergone additional equipment work on the towed sonar (S-TASS). This will increase her standard displacement by about 100 tonnes.

She participated in Hawaii dispatch training from August 4th to November 5th, 1988.

On 12 March 1997, she was transferred as the 1st submarine of the 1st Submarine Group, and her homeport was transferred to Kure.

On 29 March 2001, she was reclassified as a training submarine, her hull number changed to TSS-3603, and she was transferred to the Fleet Submarine 1st Training Submarine.

She was decommissioned on 4 March 2003.^[3]

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