JS Uzushio

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JS Uzushio at Pearl Harbor on 18 March 2011
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Uzushio
  • (うずしお)
Ordered1995
Builder Kawasaki, Kobe
Cost ¥52.19 million
Laid down6 March 1996
Launched26 November 1998
Commissioned9 March 2000
Decommissioned19 December 2025
Homeport Yokosuka
Identification Pennant number: SS-592
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class & 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 &
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 Uzushio (SS-592) was the third boat of the Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 9 March 2000, [1] and decommissioned in 2025.

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Construction and career

Uzushio was laid down at Kawasaki 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]

The vessel participated in the major naval exercise RIMPAC 2004 from 19 August to 17 November 2004. The submarine participated in RIMPAC 2007 from 23 August to 29 November 2007.[ citation needed ]

On 17 January 2011, Uzushio left Yokosuka for training in the United States near Hawaii. Called at Guam on 20 April after the dispatch training was completed. She returned to Kure on the 28th.[ citation needed ]

Uzushio was decommissioned on 19 December 2025, having logged an equivalent of 12 voyages around the Earth's circumference in mileage during her service life. [4]

References

  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. ↑ "25年で総航程は地球12周分　海上自衛隊の潜水艦「うずしお」が退役　横須賀市" [The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's submarine "Uzushio" has been retired after cruising the globe 12 times in 25 years.]. Yahoo! News Japan (in Japanese). 19 December 2025. Retrieved 25 December 2025.

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