JDS Kuroshio (SS-570)

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Name
  • Kuroshio
  • (くろしお)
Namesake Kuroshio
Ordered1971
Builder Kawasaki, Kobe
Laid down5 July 1972
Launched22 February 1974
Commissioned27 November 1974
Decommissioned1 March 1994
ReclassifiedATSS-8003
Homeport Kure
Identification Pennant number: SS-570
FateSunk as target
General characteristics
Class and type Uzushio-class submarine
Displacement1,850 tonne (1,821 ton) standard, 3,600 tonne (3,543 ton) submerged
Length72.0 m (236.2 ft)
Beam9.9 m (32 ft)
Draught7.5 m (25 ft)
Depth10.1 m (33 ft)
Propulsion
  • 1-shaft diesel-electric
  • 2 × Kawasaki-MAN V8V24/30AMTL diesel
  • 3,400 bhp (2,500 kW) (surfaced)
  • 7,200 shp (5,400 kW) (submerged)
Speed
  • 12 knots (22 km/h) surfaced
  • 20 knots (37 km/h) submerged
Range5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 12 knots
Complement80
Sensors and
processing systems
  • ZPS-4 surface search radar
  • ZQQ-2 passive sonar
  • SQS-4 active sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
ZLA-5 ESM
Armament
  • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) Bow torpedo tubes
  • 12 × type 72 torpedo
  • 6–8 × Mk 37 torpedo

JDS Kuroshio (SS-570) was the fifth boat of the Uzushio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 27 November 1974. [1] [2]

Construction and career

Kuroshio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 5 July 1972 and launched on 22 February 1974. She was commissioned on 27 November 1974, into the 2nd Submarine Group.

Participated in Hawaii dispatch training from July 12 to October 6, 1978 .

Participated in Hawaii dispatch training from September 23 to December 23, 1982 .

21 March 1989, the 1st Diving Corps group is incorporated into the 5th Diving Corps and transferred to Kure.

On 20 March 1991, she was reclassified to a special service submarine, the ship registration number was changed to ATSS-8003, and she became a ship under the direct control of the 1st Submarine Group.

She was decommissioned on 1 March 1994. [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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