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JDS Yaeshio (SS-572)

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History
Japan
Name
  • Yaeshio
  • (やえしお)
Ordered1973
BuilderKawasaki, Kobe
Laid down14 April 1975
Launched19 May 1977
Commissioned7 March 1978
Decommissioned1 August 1996
ReclassifiedATSS-8005
HomeportKure
IdentificationPennant number: SS-572
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeUzushio-class submarine
Displacement1,850 tonne (1,821 ton) standard, 3,600 tonne (3,543 ton) submerged
Length72.0 m (236.2 ft)
Beam9.9 m (32 ft)
Draught7.5 m (25 ft)
Depth10.1 m (33 ft)
Propulsion
  • 1-shaft diesel-electric
  • 2 × Kawasaki-MAN V8V24/30AMTL diesel
  • 3,400 bhp (2,500 kW) (surfaced)
  • 7,200 shp (5,400 kW) (submerged)
Speed
  • 12 knots (22 km/h) surfaced
  • 20 knots (37 km/h) submerged
Range5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 12 knots
Complement75
Sensors and
processing systems
  • ZPS-4 surface search radar
  • ZQQ-3 passive sonar
  • SQS-36J active sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
ZLA-5 ESM
Armament
  • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) Bow torpedo tubes
  • 12 × type 72 torpedo
  • 6–8 × Mk 37 torpedo

JDS Yaeshio (SS-572) was the seventh boat of theUzushio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 7 March 1978.[1][2]

Construction and career

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Takashio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 14 April 1975 and launched on 19 May 1977. She was commissioned on 7 March 1978, into the 1st Submarine Group.

Participated in Hawaii dispatch training from January 19 to April 22, 1982.

On 14 August 1994, she was reclassified as an auxiliary submarine, her hull number was changed to ATSS-8005, and she became a ship under the direct control of the 1st Submarine Group.

She was decommissioned on 1 August 1996.[3]

Citations

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  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.