JS Isoshio

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese submarine Isoshio.

JS Isoshio
History
Japan
Name	Isoshio (いそしお)
Ordered	1997
Builder	Kawasaki, Kobe
Cost	¥52.19 million
Laid down	9 March 1998
Launched	27 November 2000
Commissioned	14 March 2002
Home port	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: SS-594
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & type	Oyashio-class submarine
Displacement	2,750 tonnes (surfaced) 4,000 tonnes (submerged)
Length	81.7 m (268 ft 1 in)
Beam	8.9 m (29 ft 2 in)
Draught	7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric 2 Kawasaki 12V25S diesel engines 2 Kawasaki alternators 2 Toshiba motors 3,400 hp (2,500 kW) surfaced 7,750 hp (5,780 kW) submerged
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced) 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (submerged)
Complement	70 (10 officers)
Sensors & processing systems	Sonar: Hughes/Oki ZQQ-6 hull-mounted sonar, flank arrays, 1 towed array Radar: JRC ZPS 6 I-band search radar.
Armament	6 × HU-605 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes with 20 reloads for: Type 89 torpedoes UGM-84 Harpoon missiles

JS Isoshio (SS-594) is the fifth boat of the Oyashio-class submarines built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 14 March 2002.

With 24 years of active service, Isoshio is the oldest Oyashio-class boat still in active service, the other four all having been reassigned as training vessels or decommissioned.

Construction and career

Isoshio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 9 March 1998 and launched on 27 November 2000. She was commissioned on 14 March 2002 and deployed to Kure.

On 30 July 2003, she left Kure for RIMPAC 2003 in the United States and returned to Kure in late October.

Gallery

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  JS Isoshio underway.
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  JS Isoshio underway.
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  JS Isoshio underway.
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  JS Isoshio on 11 December 2016.

External links

Media related to JS Isoshio (SS-594) at Wikimedia Commons