JS Narushio

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

JS Narushio (SS-595) is the sixth boat of the Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 3 March 2003.^[1]

JS Narushio
History
Japan
Name	Narushio (なるしお)
Ordered	1998
Builder	Mitsubishi, Kobe
Cost	¥52.19 million
Laid down	2 April 1999
Launched	4 October 2001
Commissioned	3 March 2003
Homeport	Yokosuka
Identification	Pennant number: SS-595
Status	Active
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

Narushio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 2 April 1999 and launched on 4 October 2001. She was commissioned on 3 March 2003 and deployed to Yokosuka.^[2][3]

The vessel participated in the major naval exercises RIMPAC 2004 and RIMPAC 2008.

Gallery

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  JS Narushio at Pearl Harbor on 22 June 2004.
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  JS Narushio at Pearl Harbor on 22 June 2004.
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  JS Narushio at Pearl Harbor on 22 June 2004.
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  JS Narushio at Pearl Harbor on 26 June 2008.
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  JS Narushio at Pearl Harbor on 26 June 2008.
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  JS Narushio at Hanshin on 4 June 2017.