Japanese submarine Oyashio (SS-511)
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| Career (Japan) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | JDS Oyashio |
| Builder: | Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Kobe |
| Laid down: | 25th December 1957 |
| Launched: | 25th May 1959 |
| Commissioned: | 30th June 1960 |
| Decommissioned: | 30th September 1976 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1139t surface, 1420t submerged |
| Length: | 78.8m |
| Beam: | 7.0m |
| Draught: | 4.6m |
| Propulsion: | 2x Kawasaki V8V22/30MATL diesel-electric, 2700bhp surface, 5960hp submerged |
| Speed: | 19 knots (submerged), 13 knots (surface) |
| Range: | 10,000nm |
| Complement: | 65 |
| Armament: | 4x 533mm torpedo tubes |
Following the loan of the Gato class submarine USS Mingo as an underwater target in 1955, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force proposed the construction of three new classes of submarine, of 250, 500 and 1000 tons. In the end only the latter was built, and the final weight grew to 1140 tons. Having been world leaders in submarine construction during WWII, the Japanese had built no submarines for over ten years, so JDS Oyashio was based on the wartime I-201 with some US innovations.
Oyashio was named after the Oyashio Current, a cold current that comes down through the Bering Strait.
[edit] History
- 25th December 1957 - Laid down
- 25th May 1959 - Launched
- 30th June 1960 - Commissioned
- 1st August 1962 - Assigned to Subron1, Kure district
- June-August 1963 - Visited Pearl Harbor
- 1st February 1965 - Assigned to Subron2, SFlotilla1
- 31st March 1975 - Assigned to SFlotilla1
- 30th September 1976 - Decommissioned
[edit] See also
Oyashio Current
IJN Oyashio, a Kagero-class destroyer sunk in the Solomon Islands in 1943
JDS Oyashio (SS-590), an Oyashio class submarine commissioned in 1998.
- Pictures of SS-511
- Enders P. Huey Papers (#714), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. Specifications of SS-511.
Combatant ship classes of the JMSDF
