Oyashio class submarine
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The Oyashio is a class of Japanese diesel-electric submarine operated by the JMSDF. The submarines entered service in the late 1990s. The submarines are larger than the earlier Harushio class submarines, to make room for a flank sonar array.
[edit] Specifications
- Displacement:
- 2,750 tons surfaced
- 3,000 tons submerged
- Dimensions:
- Length: 81.7 m
- Beam: 8.9 m
- Draft: 7.4 m
- Maximum speed
- 12 knots surfaced
- 20 knots submerged
- Propulsion: 1 shaft diesel electric
- Armament
- Torpedoes: 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. Carries a total of 20 of : Type 89 or Type 80 ASW torpedoes, or Sub-Harpoon missiles.
- Sonar: Hughes/Oki ZQQ 5B/6 hull mounted sonar, flank arrays, ZQR 1 towed array.
- Radar: JRC ZPS 6 I-band search radar.
- Complement: 70 (10 officers).
[edit] Boats
| Name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oyashio (SS-590) | 26 January 1994 | 15 October 1996 | 16 March 1998 |
| Michishio (SS-591) | 16 February 1995 | 18 September 1997 | 10 March 1999 |
| Uzushio (SS-592) | 6 March 1996 | 26 November 1998 | 9 March 2000 |
| Makishio (SS-593) | 26 March 1997 | 22 September 1999 | 29 March 2001 |
| Isoshio (SS-594) | 9 March 1998 | 27 November 2000 | 14 March 2002 |
| Narushio (SS-595) | 2 April 1999 | 4 October 2001 | 3 March 2003 |
| Kuroshio (SS-596) | 27 March 2000 | 23 October 2002 | 8 March 2004 |
| Takashio (SS-597) | 30 January 2001 | 1 October 2003 | 9 March 2005 |
| Yaeshio (SS-598) | 15 January 2002 | 4 November 2004 | 9 March 2006 |
| Setoshio (SS-599) | 23 January 2003 | 5 October 2005 | 28 February 2007 |
| Mochishio (SS-600) | 23 February 2004 | 6 November 2006 | March 2008 |
Current and future combatant ship classes of the JMSDF
| DDH : Destroyer Helicopter | 13500t class | Shirane class | Haruna class |
| DDG : Guided Missile Destroyer | Atago class | Kongō class | Hatakaze class | Tachikaze class |
| DD : Destroyer | 5000t class | Takanami class | Murasame class | Asagiri class | Hatsuyuki class |
| DE : Destroyer Escort | Abukuma class | Yubari class | Ishikari |
| SS : Submarine | 2900t class | Oyashio class | Harushio class |
| See also | List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
