JS Setoshio
 JS Setoshio on 29 October 2006
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| History | |
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 Japan | |
| Name |
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| Ordered | 2002 |
| Builder | Mitsubishi, Kobe |
| Cost | ¥52.19 million |
| Laid down | 23 January 2003 |
| Launched | 5 October 2005 |
| Commissioned | 28 February 2007 |
| Homeport | Yokosuka |
| Identification | Pennant number: SS-599 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Oyashio-class submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 81.7 m (268 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 8.9 m (29 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) |
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| Complement | 70 (10 officers) |
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JS Setoshio (SS-599) is the tenth boat of the Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 28 February 2007.[1]
Construction and career
[edit]Setoshio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 23 January 2003 and launched on 5 October 2005. She was commissioned on 28 February 2007 and deployed to Yokohama.[2][3]
On 22 August 2014, she left Yokosuka to participate in the US dispatch training, stayed in the Hawaii area from mid-September to late October to carry out various trainings, and returned to Yokosuka on 22 November.[4]
From 14 January 2021 to 1 April 2021, the submarine participated in a second US dispatch training, which was held in the waters from Japan to the Hawaiian Islands. During the period, with the cooperation of the US Navy, offshore training and facility use training will be conducted to improve tactical skills.[5]
Citations
[edit]- ^ Takao, Ishibashi (2002). All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002. Namiki Shobo.
- ^ World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History. Gaijinsha. 2004.
- ^ World Ships Special Edition Vol. 665: History of Maritime Self-Defense Force Submarines. Gaijinsha. 2006.
- ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201408/14080802.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202101/20210113.pdf [bare URL PDF]