JDS Arashio (SS-565)
 JDS Arashio in Apra Harbor on 1 April 1984
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| History | |
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 Japan | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Arashio (1937) |
| Ordered | 1966 |
| Builder | Mitsubishi, Kobe |
| Laid down | 5 July 1967 |
| Launched | 24 October 1968 |
| Commissioned | 25 July 1969 |
| Decommissioned | 27 March 1986 |
| Identification | Pennant number: SS-565 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1989 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Asashio-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 88 m (288 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in) |
| Depth | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Complement | 80 |
| Armament | 8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (6 × bow-tube, 2 × stern-tube) |
JDS Arashio (SS-565) was the fourth boat of theAsashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 25 July 1969.[1][2]
Construction and career
[edit]Arashio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 5 July 1967 and launched on 24 October 1968. She was commissioned on 25 July 1969, into the 1st Submarine Group Joined the 2nd Submarine.
She participated in dispatch training in Hawaii from September 6 to November 24, 1972.
On 27 March 1985, she became the flagship of the 1st Submarine Group.
She was decommissioned on 27 March 1986 and scrapped by Furusawa Steel in 1989.[3]
Gallery
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JDS Arashio in Pearl Harbor in November 1972 -
JDS Arashio in Pearl Harbor in November 1972 -
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Citations
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Media related to JS Arashio (SS-565) at Wikimedia Commons