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Harushio-class submarine

JS Hayashio
History
Japan
Name Hayashio (はやしお)
Ordered 1988
Builder Kawasaki, Kobe
Laid down 9 December 1988
Launched 17 January 1991
Commissioned 25 March 1992
Decommissioned 15 March 2011
Reclassified TSS-3606
Homeport Kure
Identification Pennant number: SS-585
Fate Scrapped, April 2014
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

JS Hayashio (SS-585) was the third ship of the _Harushio_-class submarine of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Development and design

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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 (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

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Hayashio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 9 December 1988 as the 1988 plan 2400-ton submarine No. 8100 and it was launched on 17 January 1991. She was commissioned on 25 March 1992 and homeported in Kure. She belonged to the 5th Submarine of the 1st Submarine Group.[2]

From 25 August until 27 November, she participated in RIMPAC 1993.

She participated in RIMPAC 1998.

From 31 August until 3 December, she participated in RIMPAC 1999.

On March 7, 2008, she was reclassified to a training submarine, the ship registration number was changed to TSS-3606, and it was transferred to the 1st training submarine under the direct control of the submarine fleet .

She was decommissioned on 15 March 2011 and scrapped in Dokai Bay, Kyushu in April 2014.

  1. ^ 正男, 小林 (November 2009). "From Uzushio to Soryu: Development of Japanese submarine". 世界の艦船 (713): 75–81.
  2. ^ "DSI 海自現有艦艇一覧". 1 December 2008. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

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