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
Homeport Yokosuka
Identification Pennant number: SS-592
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 Uzushio (SS-592) is the third boat of the Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 9 March 2000. [1]

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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.

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.

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.

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