JDS Arashio (SS-565)

JDS Arashio (SS-565) was the fourth boat of theAsashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 25 July 1969.[1][2]

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Arashio.

JDS Arashio in Pearl Harbor on 1 April 1984
History
Japan
Name
  • Arashio
  • (あらしお)
NamesakeArashio (1937)
Ordered1966
BuilderMitsubishi, Kobe
Laid down5 July 1967
Launched24 October 1968
Commissioned25 July 1969
Decommissioned27 March 1986
IdentificationPennant number: SS-565
FateScrapped, 1989
General characteristics
Class and typeAsashio-class submarine
Displacement
  • 1,650 long tons (1,676 t) surfaced
  • 2,250 long tons (2,286 t) submerged
Length88 m (288 ft 9 in)
Beam8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draft4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)
Depth7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced
  • 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) submerged
Complement80
Armament8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (6 × bow-tube, 2 × stern-tube)

Construction and career

Arashio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 5 July 1967 and launched on 24 October 1968. She was commissioned on 25 July 1969, into the 1st Submarine Group Joined the 2nd Submarine.

She participated in dispatch training in Hawaii from September 6 to November 24, 1972.

On 27 March 1985, she became the flagship of the 1st Submarine Group.

She was decommissioned on 27 March 1986 and scrapped by Furusawa Steel in 1989.[3]

  • JDS Arashio in Pearl Harbor in November 1972
    JDS Arashio in Pearl Harbor in November 1972
  • JDS Arashio in Pearl Harbor in November 1972
    JDS Arashio in Pearl Harbor in November 1972
  • JDS Arashio, JDS Tokachi and JDS Ōi in Apra Harbor on 1 April 1984
    JDS Arashio, JDS Tokachi and JDS Ōi in Apra Harbor on 1 April 1984

Citations
  1. Takao, Ishibashi (2002). 海上自衛隊全艦船 1952-2002. Japan: 並木書房.
  2. 世界の艦船 増刊第665集 海上自衛隊潜水艦史. Japan: 海人社. 2006.
  3. 世界の艦船 増刊第66集 海上自衛隊全艦艇史. Japan: 海人社. 2004.

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