JDS Wakashio (SS-522)

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

JDS Wakashio (SS-522) was the second Hayashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 30 June 1962.

JDS Wakashio
History
Japan
Name	Wakashio (わかしお)
Ordered	1959
Builder	Mitsubishi, Kobe
Laid down	7 June 1960
Launched	28 August 1961
Commissioned	17 August 1962
Decommissioned	23 March 1979
Identification	Pennant number: SS-522
Fate	Scrapped, October 1979
General characteristics
Class & type	Hayashio-class submarine
Displacement	750 long tons (762 t) (surfaced) 800 long tons (813 t) (submerged)
Length	59 m (193 ft 7 in)
Beam	6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Draft	4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
Depth	6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric, 2 shafts 900 BHP (surfaced) 2,300 SHP (submerged)
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) submerged
Complement	40
Armament	3 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes

Construction and career

Hayashio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 6 June 1960 and launched on 31 July 1961. She was commissioned on 30 June 1962, into the 1st Submarine Corps of the Kure District Force.^[1][2]

On 31 March 1963, the 1st Submarine was reorganized under the Self-Defense Fleet.

From 2 June to 19 August 1964, she participated in Hawaii dispatch training with Hayashio.

On 1 February 1965, the 1st Submarine was reorganized into the 1st Submarine Group, which was newly formed under the Self-Defense Fleet.

She was decommissioned on 23 March 1979 and dismantled at Kyowa Metal in October 1979.^[3]