JS Isoshio | |
History | |
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Japan | |
Name |
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Ordered | 1997 |
Builder | Kawasaki, Kobe |
Cost | ¥52.19 million |
Laid down | 9 March 1998 |
Launched | 27 November 2000 |
Commissioned | 14 March 2002 |
Homeport | Kure |
Identification | Pennant number: SS-594 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Oyashio-class submarine |
Displacement | |
Length | 81.7 m (268 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 8.9 m (29 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Complement | 70 (10 officers) |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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JS Isoshio (SS-594) is the fifth boat of the Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 14 March 2002.[1]
Construction and career
Isoshio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 9 March 1998 and launched on 27 November 2000. She was commissioned on 14 March 2002 and deployed to Kure.[2][3]
On 30 July 2003, she left Kure for RIMPAC 2003 in the United States and returned to Kure in late October.
Gallery
- JS Isoshio underway.
- JS Isoshio underway.
- JS Isoshio underway.
- JS Isoshio on 11 December 2016.
Citations
- ↑ Takao, Ishibashi (2002). All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002. Namiki Shobo.
- ↑ World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History. Gaijinsha. 2004.
- ↑ World Ships Special Edition Vol. 665: History of Maritime Self-Defense Force Submarines. Gaijinsha. 2006.
External links
Media related to JS Isoshio (SS-594) at Wikimedia Commons
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