JDS Yūshio (SS-573)

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JDS Yūshio
History
Japan
Name
  • Yūshio
  • (やえしお)
Ordered1975
BuilderMitsubishi, Kobe
Laid down3 December 1976
Launched29 March 1979
Commissioned26 February 1980
Decommissioned11 March 1999
ReclassifiedATSS-8006
HomeportKure
IdentificationPennant number: SS-573
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 Yūshio (SS-573) was the lead boat of the Yūshio-class submarine. She was commissioned on 7 March 1978.[1][2]

Construction and career[]

Yūshio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 14 April 1975 and launched on 19 May 1977. She was commissioned on 7 March 1978, into the 1st Submarine Group.

On 5 March 1981, she was transferred to the 1st Submarine Group, which was newly commissioned under the 1st Submarine Group, along with , who was commissioned on the same day.

Around 2:00 am on 12 May 1984, while sailing with a periscope off the south coast of Cape Muroto, she came into contact with the bottom of the Indian-flagged ore carrier Satya Kairash (42,198 tons) sailing to Higashiharima Port in Hyogo Prefecture and had a built-in sonar. Causes an accident that damages to the ore carrier's underside tank.

On 1 August 1996, she was reclassified as an auxiliary submarine, her hull number was changed to ATSS-8006, and she became a ship under the direct control of the 1st Submarine Group.

She was decommissioned on 11 March 1999.[3]

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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