JDS Takashio (SS-571)

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History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Takashio
  • (たかしお)
Ordered1972
Builder Mitsubishi, Kobe
Laid down6 July 1973
Launched30 June 1975
Commissioned30 January 1976
Decommissioned26 July 1995
ReclassifiedATSS-8004
Homeport Kure
Identification Pennant number: SS-571
FateScrapped
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
Complement75
Sensors and
processing systems
  • ZPS-4 surface search radar
  • ZQQ-3 passive sonar
  • SQS-36J 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 Takashio (SS-571) was the sixth boat of theUzushio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 30 January 1976. [1] [2]

Construction and career

Takashio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 6 July 1973 and launched on 30 June 1975. She was commissioned on 30 January 1976, into the 1st Submarine Group.

On March 7, 1978, the 6th Submarine was newly formed under the 1st Submarine Group, and was incorporated with JDS Yaeshio commissioned on the same day.

She participated in Hawaii dispatch training from August 18 to November 16, 1979.

She participated in Hawaii dispatch training from January 18 to April 19, 1984.

On July 6, 1992, she was reclassified as an auxiliary submarine, her hull number was number changed to ATSS-8004, and she became a ship under the direct control of the 1st Submarine Group.

She was decommissioned on 26 July 1995. [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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