JS Takashio

JS Takashio (SS-597) is the eighth boat of the Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 9 March 2005.[1]

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

JS Takashio
History
Japan
Name
  • Takashio
  • (たかしお)
Ordered2000
BuilderMitsubishi, Kobe
Cost¥52.19 million
Laid down30 January 2001
Launched1 October 2003
Commissioned9 March 2005
HomeportYokosuka
IdentificationPennant number: SS-597
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

Takashio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 30 January 2001 and launched on 1 October 2003. She was commissioned on 9 March 2005 and deployed to Yokohama.[2][3]

On 10 October 2012, she headed for Hawaii via Guam for training in the United States, and was dispatched until 23 January 2013. From 22 July to 21 October 2016, she participated in the US dispatch training and conducted offshore training and facility use training in the Hawaiian Islands area.[4]

  • JS Takashio at Yokosuka on 1 August 2009.
    JS Takashio at Yokosuka on 1 August 2009.
  • JS Takashio at Yokosuka on 1 August 2009.
    JS Takashio at Yokosuka on 1 August 2009.
  • JS Takashio at Yokosuka on 1 August 2009.
    JS Takashio at Yokosuka on 1 August 2009.
  • JS Takashio at Yokosuka in 2009.
    JS Takashio at Yokosuka in 2009.
  • JS Takashio at Yokosuka on 6 August 2011.
    JS Takashio at Yokosuka on 6 August 2011.
  • JS Takashio's periscope on 6 August 2011.
  • JS Takashio at Pearl Harbor on 31 October 2012.
    JS Takashio at Pearl Harbor on 31 October 2012.
  • JS Takashio at Pearl Harbor on 31 October 2012.
    JS Takashio at Pearl Harbor on 31 October 2012.
  • JS Takashio at Pearl Harbor on 31 October 2012.
    JS Takashio at Pearl Harbor on 31 October 2012.

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/201607/20160719-01.pdf

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