JDS Yukishio

JDS Yukishio on 29 October 2006
History
Japan
Name
  • Yukishio
  • (ゆきしお)
Ordered1984
BuilderMitsubishi, Kobe
Laid down11 April 1985
Launched23 January 1987
Commissioned11 March 1988
Decommissioned7 March 2008
ReclassifiedTSS-3605
HomeportYokosuka
IdentificationPennant number: SS-581
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeYūshio-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

JDS Yukishio (SS-581) was a Yūshio-class submarine. She was commissioned on 11 March 1988.[1][2]

Construction and career

Yukishio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 11 April 1985 and launched on 23 January 1987. She was commissioned on 11 March 1988, into the 2nd Submarine Group in Yokosuka.

She participated in Hawaii dispatch training from September 21 to December 19, 1989.

On 9 March 2006, she was reclassified as a training submarine, her hull number changed to TSS-3605, she was transferred to the 1st training submarine under the direct control of the submarine fleet, and her fixed port was transferred to Kure.

In January 2006, she left Yokosuka for Dokai Bay, where the dismantling site is located.

  • JDS Yukishio on 29 October 2006
    JDS Yukishio on 29 October 2006

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.

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