JS Asashio (SS-589)

JS Asashio
History
Japan
Name
  • Asashio
  • (あさしお)
NamesakeAsashio (1965)
Ordered1992
BuilderMitsubishi, Kobe
Laid down24 December 1992
Launched12 July 1995
Commissioned12 March 1997
Decommissioned27 February 2017
ReclassifiedTSS-3601
HomeportKure
IdentificationPennant number: SS-589
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class & typeHarushio-class submarine
Displacement
  • Surface: 2,900 tonnes
  • Submerged: 3,700 tonnes
Length87.0 m (285 ft 5 in)
Beam10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft7.7 m (25 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • Surfaced: 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
  • Submerged: 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement71
Sensors &
processing systems
  • Hughes/Oki ZQQ 5B Sonar
  • ZQR 1 towed array
  • JRC ZPS 6 I-band search radar
  • ZYQ-2B
Armament

JS Asashio (SS-589) was the seventh ship of the Harushio-class submarine of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

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