Oyashio-class submarine
Oyashio at Pearl Harbor in 2006 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Oyashio (おやしお, Oyashio Current) |
| Builders | |
| Operators | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
| Preceded by | Harushio class |
| Succeeded by | Sōryū class |
| Built | 1994–2008 |
| In commission | 1998–present |
| Planned | 11 |
| Completed | 11 |
| Active | 9 (3 converted to training ships) |
| Retired | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Attack 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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The Oyashio class is a series of Japanese diesel-electric attack submarines operated by the JMSDF. The submarines entered service in the late 1990s. The submarines are larger than the earlier Harushio class, to provide space for a flank sonar array.