JS Fuyushio

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JS Fuyushio
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Fuyushio
  • (ふゆしお)
Ordered1990
Builder Kawasaki, Kobe
Laid down12 December 1991
Launched16 February 1994
Commissioned7 March 1995
Decommissioned6 March 2015
ReclassifiedTSS-3607
Homeport Kure
Identification Pennant number: SS-587
Fate Scrapped, April 2016
General characteristics
Class and type Harushio-class submarine
Displacement
  • Surface: 2,450 tonnes
  • Submerged: 3,200 tonnes
Length77.0  m (252  ft 7  in)
Beam10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft7.7 m (25 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • Surfaced: 12  kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
  • Submerged: 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement75
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Hughes/Oki ZQQ 5B Sonar
  • ZQR 1 towed array
  • JRC ZPS 6 I-band search radar
Armament

JS Fuyushio (SS-588) was the sixth ship of the Harushio-class submarine of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

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Development and design

This type is a teardrop type ship type, a so-called SSS (Single Screw Submarine) type with a single-axis propulsion system, and the structural style is a complete double-shell structure, following the method since the Uzushio-class (42SS) in the basic design concept . Meanwhile, the type, dual vibration-damping support of the anti-vibration support or main engine of the main motor, the auxiliary equipment and pipe systems, static power supply, and rectification of the hole opening on the bottom of the ship. Through these efforts, it was decided that the masker sound insulation device was unnecessary, and in the latter model of this model, it was so quiet that it would not be detected even if snorkeling was continued until the sonobuoy was visible. [1]

Construction and career

Fuyushio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 12 December 1991 as the 1990 plan 2400-ton submarine No. 8103 and it was launched on 16 February 1994. She was commissioned on 7 March 1995 and homeported in Kure. She belonged to the 1st Submarine of the 6th Submarine Group. [2]

Participated in RIMPAC 1996 from 27 August to 28 November.

On March 12, 1997, the 6th Submarine was renamed the 3rd Submarine due to the revision of the unit number.

2011 March 15 , Sōryū-class submarines JS Hakuryū type changed ship citizenship number to practice submarine with the commissioning of the TSS-3607 change. It was transferred to the 1st training submarine under the direct control of the submarine fleet. At this time, the torpedoes were landed and the torpedo launcher room was renovated by arranging a trainee auditorium.

From 20 to 28 September 2013, participated in the joint military exercise Pacific Reach 2013 sponsored by the Maritime Self-Defense Force.

She was decommissioned on 6 March 2015 and scrapped in Etajima in April 2016.

Citations

  1. 正男, 小林 (November 2009). "From Uzushio to Soryu: Development of Japanese submarine". 世界の艦船 (713): 75–81.
  2. "DSI 海自現有艦艇一覧". 1 December 2008. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

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