JS Narushio
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JS Narushio | |
History | |
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Ordered | 1998 |
Builder | Mitsubishi, Kobe |
Cost | ¥52.19 million |
Laid down | 2 April 1999 |
Launched | 4 October 2001 |
Commissioned | 3 March 2003 |
Homeport | Yokosuka |
Identification | Pennant number: SS-595 |
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 Narushio (SS-595) is the sixth boat of the Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 3 March 2003.[1]
Construction and career
[edit]Narushio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 2 April 1999 and launched on 4 October 2001. She was commissioned on 3 March 2003 and deployed to Yokosuka.[2][3]
The vessel participated in the major naval exercises RIMPAC 2004 and RIMPAC 2008.
Gallery
[edit]- JS Narushio at Pearl Harbor on 22 June 2004.
- JS Narushio at Pearl Harbor on 22 June 2004.
- JS Narushio at Pearl Harbor on 22 June 2004.
- JS Narushio at Pearl Harbor on 26 June 2008.
- JS Narushio at Pearl Harbor on 26 June 2008.
- JS Narushio at Hanshin on 4 June 2017.
Citations
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]Media related to JS Narushio (SS-595) at Wikimedia Commons