Yūshio-class submarine
History
Japan
Name
Ordered 1981
Builder Kawasaki, Kobe
Laid down 8 April 1982
Launched 1 February 1984
Commissioned 5 March 1985
Decommissioned 9 March 2006
Reclassified TSS-3604
Homeport Kure
Identification Pennant number: SS-578
Fate Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type Yūshio -class submarine
Displacement
2,250 tonnes (surfaced)
2,500 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 Hamashio (SS-578) was aYūshio -class submarine. She was commissioned on 5 March 1985.[1] [2]
^ Takao, Ishibashi (2002). 海上自衛隊全艦船 1952-2002 . Japan: 並木書房.
^ 世界の艦船 増刊第665集 海上自衛隊潜水艦史 . Japan: 海人社. 2006.