JS Kuroshio (SS-596)

JS Kuroshio (SS-596) is the seventh boat of the Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 8 March 2004.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese submarine Kuroshio.

JS Kuroshio
History
Japan
Name
  • Kuroshio
  • (くろしお)
NamesakeKuroshio
Ordered1999
BuilderKawasaki, Kobe
Cost¥52.19 million
Laid down27 March 2000
Launched23 October 2002
Commissioned8 March 2004
HomeportKure
IdentificationPennant number: SS-596
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeOyashio-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

Construction and career

Kuroshio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 27 March 2000 and launched on 23 October 2003. She was commissioned on 8 March 2004 and deployed to Kure.[2][3]

The vessel participated in RIMPAC 2006 from 26 June to 28 July 2006.

On 15 March 2011, she was transferred to the 3rd Submarine Group of the 1st Submarine Group.

From 23 September to 19 December 2015, she participated in RIMPAC 2015.

On 27 August 2018, she left Kure and entered the South China Sea through the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines. After that, she joined three ships including the escort ship JS Kaga of the Indo-Pacific dispatch training unit, and conducted anti-submarine warfare training in the South China Sea on 13 September.[4][5] After that, from 17–21 September, the vessel called at the Port of Cam Ranh, Vietnam and carried out a goodwill visit to the Vietnam Navy submarine unit.[6]

  • JS Kuroshio at Pearl Harbor on 25 June 2006.
    JS Kuroshio at Pearl Harbor on 25 June 2006.
  • JS Kuroshio at Pearl Harbor on 25 June 2006.
    JS Kuroshio at Pearl Harbor on 25 June 2006.
  • JS Kuroshio at Maizuru on 17 April 2010.
    JS Kuroshio at Maizuru on 17 April 2010.

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/release/201809/20180917-2.pdf
  5. "Control China, submarine training in the South China Sea, Maritime Self-Defense Force announced". Yomiuri Shimbun. 18 September 2018.
  6. https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201809/20180917-1.pdf

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