JDS Yūshio

JDS Yūshio
History
Japan
Name
  • Yūshio
  • (ゆうしお)
Ordered1975
BuilderMitsubishi, Kobe
Laid down3 December 1976
Launched29 March 1979
Commissioned26 February 1980
Decommissioned11 March 1999
ReclassifiedATSS-8006
HomeportKure
IdentificationPennant number: SS-573
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeYūshio-class submarine
Displacement
Length76.0 m (249.3 ft)
Beam9.9 m (32.5 ft)
Draught7.4 m (24.3 ft)
Propulsion
  • 1-shaft diesel-electric
  • 3,400 shp (2,500 kW) (surfaced)
  • 7,200 shp (5,400 kW) (submerged)
Speed
  • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced)
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (submerged)
Complement
  • 10 officers
  • 65–70 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament

JDS Yūshio (SS-573) was the lead boat of the Yūshio-class submarine. She was commissioned on 7 March 1978.[1][2]

Construction and career

Yūshio was laid down at Mitsubishi 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.

On 5 March 1981, she was transferred to the 1st Submarine Group, which was newly commissioned under the 1st Submarine Group, along with JDS Mochishio, who was commissioned on the same day.

Around 2:00 am on 12 May 1984, while sailing with a periscope off the south coast of Cape Muroto, she came into contact with the bottom of the Indian-flagged ore carrier Satya Kairash (42,198 tons) sailing to Higashiharima Port in Hyogo Prefecture and had a built-in sonar. The resulting collision caused damage to the ore carrier's underside tank.[citation needed]

On 1 August 1996, she was reclassified as an auxiliary submarine, her hull number was changed to ATSS-8006, and she became a ship under the direct control of the 1st Submarine Group.

She was decommissioned on 11 March 1999.[3]

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.