JS Makishio

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JS Makishio
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Makishio
  • (まきしお)
Ordered1996
Builder Mitsubishi, Kobe
Cost ¥52.19 million
Laid down26 March 1997
Launched22 September 1999
Commissioned29 March 2001
Homeport Kure
Identification Pennant number: SS-593
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Oyashio-class submarine
Displacement
Length81.7  m (268  ft 1  in)
Beam8.9  m (29  ft 2  in)
Draught7.4  m (24  ft 3  in)
Propulsion
  • Diesel-electric
  • 2 Kawasaki 12V25S diesel engines
  • 2 Kawasaki alternators
  • 2 Toshiba motors
  • 3,400  hp (2,500 kW) surfaced
  • 7,750 hp (5,780 kW) submerged
Speed
  • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced)
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (submerged)
Complement70 (10 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Sonar: Hughes/Oki ZQQ-6 hull-mounted sonar, flank arrays, 1 towed array
  • Radar: JRC ZPS 6 I-band search radar.
Armament

JS Makishio (SS-593) is the fourth boat of the Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 29 March 2001. [1]

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Construction and career

Makishio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 6 March 1996 and launched on 26 November 1998. She was commissioned on 9 March 2000 and deployed to Yokosuka. [2] [3]

On 6 August 2008, she left Kure for Hawaii for the major naval exercise RIMPAC 2008 and returned to Kure on 12 November.

The submarine participated in RIMPAC 2019 from 30 March to 29 June 2019, and conducted offshore training and facility use training in the Hawaiian Islands area. [4]

Citations

  1. ↑ Takao, Ishibashi (2002). All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002. Namiki Shobo.
  2. ↑ World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History. Gaijinsha. 2004.
  3. ↑ World Ships Special Edition Vol. 665: History of Maritime Self-Defense Force Submarines. Gaijinsha. 2006.
  4. ↑ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201903/20190319.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]

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