Oyashio class

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Oyashio class
Oyashio class submarine.svg
Ship data
country JapanJapan (naval war flag) Japan
Ship type Conventional hunting submarine
Shipyard Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Construction period 1994 to 2006
Units built 11 boats
  • 9 active (fleet units)
  • 2 active (school boat)
period of service Since 1998
Ship dimensions and crew
length
81.7 m ( Lüa )
width 8.9 m
Side height 10.3 m
Draft Max. 7.4 m
displacement above water: 2,750 ts
under water: 3,000 ts
 
crew 70 (including 10 officers)
Machine system
machine Diesel-electric
Top
speed 		20 kn (37 km / h)
propeller 1
Armament

6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes

Sensors

sonar

  • Hughes / Oki ZQQ 5B / 6 (fuselage-mounted sonar / side antenna sonar)
  • 1 tow sonar

radar

  • Search radar JRC ZPS 6

The Oyashio class ( Japanese や し お 型 潜水 艦 , Oyashio-gata Sensuikan ) is a class of eleven conventional hunting submarines of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF). She is the second grade with that name in the JMSDF . Its name predecessor was a single ship , which was the first submarine in Japan built after the Second World War .

General

The boats of the Oyashio class put into service from 1998 to 2008 are an enlarged version of the previous Harushio class and replaced the boats of the Yūshio class . The enlargement was made to create space for a side antenna sonar (FAS - Flankarray Sonar) .

Since March 2015 and February 2017, the two oldest boats ( Oyashio and Michishio ) have been used as school submarines. In the future, the class, like the Harushio class, will be partially replaced by the subsequent Sōryū class .

units

Identifier Surname Shipyard Keel laying Launch Commissioning Remarks
SS-590 /
TSS-3608		 Oyashio ( お や し お ) KHI , Kobe January 26, 1994 October 15, 1996 March 16, 1998 School submarine since March 6, 2015
SS-591 /
TSS-3609		 Michishio ( み ち し お ) MHI , Kobe February 16, 1995 September 18, 1997 March 10, 1999 School submarine since February 27, 2017
SS-592 Uzushio ( う ず し お ) KHI, Kobe March 6, 1996 November 26, 1998 9th of March 2000
SS-593 Makishio ( ま き し お ) MHI, Kobe March 26, 1997 September 22, 1999 March 29, 2001
SS-594 Isoshio ( い そ し お ) KHI, Kobe March 9, 1998 November 27, 2000 March 14, 2002
SS-595 Narushio ( な る し お ) MHI, Kobe April 2, 1999 October 4, 2001 March 3, 2003
SS-596 Kuroshio ( く ろ し お ) KHI, Kobe March 27, 2000 October 23, 2002 March 8, 2004
SS-597 Takashio ( た か し お ) MHI, Kobe January 30, 2001 October 1, 2003 March 9, 2005
SS-598 Yaeshio ( や え し お ) KHI, Kobe January 15, 2002 November 4, 2004 March 9, 2006
SS-599 Setoshio ( せ と し お ) MHI, Kobe January 23, 2003 October 5, 2005 February 28, 2007
SS-600 Mochishio ( も ち し お ) KHI, Kobe February 23, 2004 November 6, 2006 March 6, 2008

literature

Web links

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