JS Makishio

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

JS Makishio (SS-593) is the fourth boat of the Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 29 March 2001.^[1]

JS Makishio
History
Japan
Name	Makishio (まきしお)
Ordered	1996
Builder	Mitsubishi, Kobe
Cost	¥52.19 million
Laid down	6 March 1996
Launched	26 November 1998
Commissioned	29 March 2001
Reclassified	17 March 2023 (as training vessel)
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: TSS-[clarification needed]
Status	Active as training submarine
General characteristics
Class and 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 and 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

Makishio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 6 March 1996 and launched on 26 November 1998. She was commissioned on 9 March 2000^{[dubious – discuss]} and deployed to Yokosuka.^[2][3]

On 6 August 2008, she left Kure for Hawaii for the major naval exercise RIMPAC 2008, and she returned to Kure on 12 November.^{[citation needed]}

The submarine participated in RIMPAC 2019 from 30 March to 29 June 2019, and she conducted offshore training and facility use training in the Hawaiian Islands area.^[4]

Upon Oyashio's decommissioning on 17 March 2023, Makishio was converted to a training submarine as a replacement.^[5]

Gallery

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  JS Makishio's sail