JS Kuroshio (SS-596)

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

JS Kuroshio (SS-596) is the seventh boat of the Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 8 March 2004.^[1]

JS Kuroshio
History
Japan
Name	Kuroshio (くろしお)
Namesake	Kuroshio
Ordered	1999
Builder	Kawasaki, Kobe
Cost	¥52.19 million
Laid down	27 March 2000
Launched	23 October 2002
Commissioned	8 March 2004
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: SS-596
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & type	Oyashio-class submarine
Displacement	2,750 tonnes (surfaced) 4,000 tonnes (submerged)
Length	81.7 m (268 ft 1 in)
Beam	8.9 m (29 ft 2 in)
Draught	7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric 2 Kawasaki 12V25S diesel engines 2 Kawasaki alternators 2 Toshiba motors 3,400 hp (2,500 kW) surfaced 7,750 hp (5,780 kW) submerged
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced) 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (submerged)
Complement	70 (10 officers)
Sensors & processing systems	Sonar: Hughes/Oki ZQQ-6 hull-mounted sonar, flank arrays, 1 towed array Radar: JRC ZPS 6 I-band search radar.
Armament	6 × HU-605 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes with 20 reloads for: Type 89 torpedoes UGM-84 Harpoon missiles

Construction and career

Kuroshio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 27 March 2000 and launched on 23 October 2003. She was commissioned on 8 March 2004 and deployed to Kure.^[2][3]

The vessel participated in RIMPAC 2006 from 26 June to 28 July 2006.^{[citation needed]}

On 15 March 2011, she was transferred to the 3rd Submarine Group of the 1st Submarine Group.^{[citation needed]}

From 23 September to 19 December 2015, she participated in RIMPAC 2015.^{[citation needed]}

On 27 August 2018, she left Kure and entered the South China Sea through the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines. After that, she joined three ships including the escort ship JS Kaga of the Indo-Pacific dispatch training unit, and conducted anti-submarine warfare training in the South China Sea on 13 September.^[4][5] After that, from 17–21 September, the vessel called at the Port of Cam Ranh, Vietnam and carried out a goodwill visit to the Vietnam Navy submarine unit.^[6]