JDS Makishio (SS-567)

JDS Makishio (SS-567) was the second boat of the Uzushio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 2 February 1972.^[1][2]

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

JDS Makishio
History
Japan
Name	Makishio (まきしお)
Ordered	1968
Builder	Mitsubishi, Kobe
Laid down	21 June 1969
Launched	27 January 1971
Commissioned	2 February 1972
Decommissioned	11 March 1988
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: SS-567
Fate	Scrapped, April 1994
General characteristics
Class & type	Uzushio-class submarine
Displacement	1,850 tonne (1,821 ton) standard, 3,600 tonne (3,543 ton) submerged
Length	72.0 m (236.2 ft)
Beam	9.9 m (32 ft)
Draught	7.5 m (25 ft)
Depth	10.1 m (33 ft)
Propulsion	1-shaft diesel-electric 2 × Kawasaki-MAN V8V24/30AMTL diesel 3,400 bhp (2,500 kW) (surfaced) 7,200 shp (5,400 kW) (submerged)
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h) surfaced 20 knots (37 km/h) submerged
Range	5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 12 knots
Complement	80
Sensors & processing systems	ZPS-4 surface search radar ZQQ-1 passive sonar SQS-4 active sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	ZLA-5 ESM
Armament	6 × 533 mm (21 in) Bow torpedo tubes 12 × type 72 torpedo 6–8 × Mk 37 torpedo

Construction and career

Makishio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 21 June 1969 and launched on 27 January 1971. She was commissioned on 2 February 1972, into the 1st Submarine Group together on the same day with Uzushio.

On 16 October 1973, the 4th Submarine was reorganized into the 2nd Submarine Group, which was newly formed under the Self-Defense Fleet.

Makishio participated in dispatch training near Hawaii from 22 September to 14 December 1977, and again from 12 September to 12 December 1980.

She was decommissioned on 11 March 1988 and dismantled by Hisaya Sangyo in Kitakyushu City in April 1994.^[3]