JS Yaeshio

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JS Yaeshio
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Yaeshio
  • (やえしお)
Namesake Yaeshio (1977)
Ordered2001
Builder Kawasaki, Kobe
Cost ¥52.19 million
Laid down15 January 2002
Launched4 November 2004
Commissioned9 March 2006
Homeport Yokosuka
Identification Pennant number: SS-598
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 Yaeshio (SS-598) is the ninth boat of the Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 9 March 2006. [1]

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Construction and career

Yaeshio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 15 January 2002 and launched on 4 November 2004. She was commissioned on 9 March 2006 and deployed to Yokohama. [2] [3]

The submarine participated in RIMPAC 2009 from 27 August to 8 December 2009.

On 14 January 2014, she left Yokosuka to participate in the RIMPAC 2014, stayed in the Hawaii and Guam areas to conduct various trainings, and returned to Yokosuka on 24 April. [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/formal/info/news/201401/011001.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]

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