JS Harushio

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JDS Harushio
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Harushio
  • (はるしお)
Ordered1986
Builder Mitsubishi, Kobe
Laid down21 April 1987
Launched26 July 1989
Commissioned30 November 1990
Decommissioned27 March 2009
Homeport Kure
Identification Pennant number: SS-583
Fate Scrapped, June 2010
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 Harushio (SS-583) was the first boat 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

Harushio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 21 April 1987 as the 1986 plan 2400-ton submarine No. 8098 and it was launched on 26 July 1989. She was commissioned on 30 November 1990 and homeported in Kure. She belonged to the 5th Submarine of the 1st Submarine Group. [2]

She was decommissioned on 27 March 2009. The total journey until her removal was 243,000 nautical miles (about 11.2 laps of the earth), her submerged duration was about 27,000 hours, and the number of dives was 603. She also participated in 10 Maritime Self-Defense Force exercises and 8 simulated combat trainings between submarines. [3]

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.
  3. Mainichi Shimbun March 28, morning edition.

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