JS Fuyushio

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

JS Fuyushio (SS-588) was the sixth ship of the Harushio-class submarines of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

JS Fuyushio
History
Japan
Name	Fuyushio (ふゆしお)
Ordered	1990
Builder	Kawasaki, Kobe
Laid down	12 December 1991
Launched	16 February 1994
Commissioned	7 March 1995
Decommissioned	6 March 2015
Reclassified	TSS-3607
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: SS-587
Fate	Scrapped, April 2016
General characteristics
Class & type	Harushio-class submarine
Displacement	Surface: 2,450 tonnes Submerged: 3,200 tonnes
Length	77.0 m (252 ft 7 in)
Beam	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft	7.7 m (25 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 × Kawasaki 12V25/25S diesel electric engines 2 × shafts
Speed	Surfaced: 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) Submerged: 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	75
Sensors & processing systems	Hughes/Oki ZQQ 5B Sonar ZQR 1 towed array JRC ZPS 6 I-band search radar
Armament	6 × HU-606 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes for: Type 89 torpedo

Development and design

Main article: Harushio-class submarine

This type is a teardrop type ship type, a so-called SSS (Single Screw Submarine) type with a single-axis propulsion system, and the structural style is a complete double-shell structure, following the method since the Uzushio-class submarines (42SS) in the basic design concept. Meanwhile, the type, dual vibration-damping support of the anti-vibration support or main engine of the main motor, the auxiliary equipment and pipe systems, static power supply, and rectification of the hole opening on the bottom of the ship. Through these efforts, it was decided that the masker sound insulation device was unnecessary, and in the latter model of this model, it was so quiet that it would not be detected even if snorkeling was continued until the sonobuoy was visible.^[1]

Construction and career

Fuyushio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 12 December 1991 as the 1990 plan 2400-ton submarine No. 8103 and it was launched on 16 February 1994. She was commissioned on 7 March 1995 and homeported in Kure. She belonged to the 1st Submarine of the 6th Submarine Group.^[2]

She participated in RIMPAC 1996 from 27 August to 28 November.

On 12 March 1997, the 6th Submarine was renamed the 3rd Submarine due to the revision of the unit numbers.

The commissioning of the Sōryū-class submarine Hakuryū on 15 March 2011 forced Fuyushio to be relegated to training ship role, being redesignated TSS-3607. She was transferred to the 1st training submarine under the direct control of the submarine fleet. At this time, the torpedoes were landed and the torpedo launcher room was renovated by arranging a trainee auditorium.

From 20 to 28 September 2013, Fuyushio participated in the joint military exercise Pacific Reach 2013 sponsored by the Maritime Self-Defense Force.

She was decommissioned on 6 March 2015 and scrapped in Etajima in April 2016.

Gallery

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  Chihaya and Fuyushio in Yokosuka during Pacific Reach on 22 September 2013