JDS Natsushio (SS-523)

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JDS Natsushio
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Natsushio
  • (なつしお)
Namesake Natsushio (1939)
Ordered1960
Builder Kawasaki, Kobe
Laid down5 December 1961
Launched18 September 1962
Commissioned29 June 1963
Decommissioned20 March 1978
Identification Pennant number: SS-523
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and type Natsushio-class submarine
Displacement790 long tons (803 t) surfaced
Length61 m (200 ft 2 in)
Beam6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Draft4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
Depth6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced
  • 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) submerged
Complement40
Armament3 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes

JDS Natsushio (SS-523) was the lead boat of the Natsushio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 29 June 1963.

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Construction and career

Natsushio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 5 December 1961 and launched on 18 September 1962. She was commissioned on 29 June 1963. [1] [2]

On 1 February 1965, the 1st Submarine was reorganized into the 1st Submarine Group, which was newly formed under the Self-Defense Fleet. From 8 June to 23 August of the same year, she deployed to Hawaii to participate in dispatch training with JDS Fuyushio. Along the way, on 15 July, a periscope broke in a collision with an uninhabited cargo ship in the waters south of Oahu.

The submarine was removed from the naval register on 20 March 1978. [3]

Citations

  1. World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History. Gaijinsha. 2004.
  2. World Ships Special Edition Vol. 665: History of Maritime Self-Defense Force Submarines. Gaijinsha. 2006.
  3. Maritime Self-Defense Force News, Ships of the World, June 1971, No. 166. Gaijinsha. June 1971. p. 81.

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