JDS Arashio (SS-565)

JDS Arashio (SS-565) was the fourth boat of the Asashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 25 July 1969.^[1][2]

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Arashio.

JDS Arashio in Apra Harbor on 1 April 1984
History
Japan
Name	Arashio (あらしお)
Namesake	Arashio (1937)
Ordered	1966
Builder	Mitsubishi, Kobe
Laid down	5 July 1967
Launched	24 October 1968
Commissioned	25 July 1969
Decommissioned	27 March 1986
Identification	Pennant number: SS-565
Fate	Scrapped, 1989
General characteristics
Class & type	Asashio-class submarine
Displacement	1,650 long tons (1,676 t) surfaced 2,250 long tons (2,286 t) submerged
Length	88 m (288 ft 9 in)
Beam	8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draft	4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)
Depth	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric, 2 shafts 2,900 bhp (2,200 kW) (surfaced) 6,300 shp (4,700 kW) (submerged)
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) submerged
Complement	80
Armament	8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (6 × bow-tube, 2 × stern-tube)

Construction and career

Arashio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 5 July 1967 and launched on 24 October 1968. She was commissioned on 25 July 1969, into the 1st Submarine Group Joined the 2nd Submarine.

She participated in dispatch training in Hawaii from September 6 to November 24, 1972.

On 27 March 1985, she became the flagship of the 1st Submarine Group.

She was decommissioned on 27 March 1986 and scrapped by Furusawa Steel in 1989.^[3]

Gallery

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  JDS Arashio in Pearl Harbor in November 1972
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  JDS Arashio in Pearl Harbor in November 1972
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  Arashio, Tokachi and Ōi in Apra Harbor on 1 April 1984