Yūshio-class submarine
Submarine class
 Mochishio (SS 574), a Yūshio-class submarine enters San Diego Harbor in 1992 to take part in the RIMPAC 92' military exercise | |
| Class overview | |
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| Operators |  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
| Preceded by | Uzushio class |
| Succeeded by | Harushio class |
| Built | 1976–1989 |
| In commission | 1980–2008 |
| Planned | 10 |
| Completed | 10 |
| Retired | 10 |
| Preserved | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Submarine |
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| Length | 76.0 m (249.3 ft) |
| Beam | 9.9 m (32.5 ft) |
| Draught | 7.4 m (24.3 ft) |
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The Yūshio class was a Japanese diesel-electric submarine class operated by the JMSDF. It was a second generation submarine, a development of the Uzushio class, incorporating a teardrop hull, with a resulting increase in underwater performance on the Uzushio class. Ten were built under the fourth defense plan in 1975 fiscal year. A training submarine, Yukishio, was retired on March 7, 2008. All vessels were retired on the completion of the Harushio class and eventually scrapped with exception of the JDS Akishio which is on display at the JMSDF Kure Museum.
Boats
| Project no. | Building no. | Pennant no. | Name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Note |
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| S122 | 8088 | SS-573/ ATSS-8006 | Yūshio (ゆうしお) | 3 December 1976 | 29 March 1979 | 26 February 1980 | Converted to auxiliary training submarine (ATSS-8006) on 1 August 1996, decommissioned 11 March 1999, scrapped |
| 8089 | SS-574/ ATSS-8007 | Mochishio (もちしお) | 9 May 1978 | 12 March 1980 | 5 March 1981 | Converted to auxiliary training submarine (ATSS-8007) on 1 August 1997, decommissioned 10 March 2000, scrapped | |
| 8090 | SS-575/ ATSS-8008/ TSS-3602 | Setoshio (せとしお) | 17 April 1979 | 10 February 1981 | 17 March 1982 | Converted to auxiliary training submarine (ATSS-8008) on 10 March 1999, re-converted to training submarine (TSS-3602) on 9 March 2000, decommissioned 30 March 2001, scrapped | |
| 8091 | SS-576/ TSS-3603 | Okishio (おきしお) | 17 April 1980 | 5 March 1982 | 1 March 1983 | Converted to training submarine (TSS-3603) on 29 March 2001, decommissioned 4 March 2003, scrapped | |
| S123 | 8092 | SS-577 | Nadashio (なだしお) | 16 April 1981 | 27 January 1983 | 6 March 1984 | Decommissioned 1 June 2001, scrapped |
| 8093 | SS-578/ TSS-3604 | Hamashio (はましお) | 8 April 1982 | 1 February 1984 | 5 March 1985 | Converted to training submarine (TSS-3604) on 9 March 2000, decommissioned 9 March 2006, scrapped | |
| 8094 | SS-579 | Akishio (あきしお) | 15 April 1983 | 21 January 1985 | 5 March 1986 | Decommissioned 3 March 2004, displayed at JMSDF Kure Museum from 5 April 2007 | |
| 8095 | SS-580 | Takeshio (たけしお) | 3 April 1984 | 9 February 1986 | 3 March 1987 | Decommissioned 9 March 2005, scrapped | |
| 8096 | SS-581/ TSS-3605 | Yukishio (ゆきしお) | 11 April 1985 | 23 January 1987 | 11 March 1988 | Converted to training submarine (TSS-3605) on 9 March 2006, decommissioned 7 March 2008, scrapped | |
| 8097 | SS-582 | Sachishio (さちしお) | 11 April 1986 | 17 February 1988 | 24 March 1989 | Decommissioned 14 April 2006, scrapped |
Gallery
- Akishio photographs
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Akishio at JMSDF Kure Museum -
Akishio at JMSDF Kure Museum -
Passageway
References
- Jane's Fighting Ships 2005–2006
Further reading
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław, eds. (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Miller, David; Jordan, John (1987). Modern Submarine Warfare. New York: Military Press. ISBN 0-517-64647-1.
- Miller, David (1989). Modern Submarines. Combat Arms. New York: Prentice Hall Press. ISBN 0-13-589102-7.
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Yūshio-class submarines
- Yūshio
- Mochishio
- Setoshio
- Okishio
- Nadashio
- Hamashio
- Akishio
- Takeshio
- Yukishio
- Sachishio
- Preceded by: Uzushio class
- Followed by: Harushio class
Submarines of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
