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Oyashio-class submarines From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
JS Yaeshio (SS-598) is the ninth boat of the Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 9 March 2006.[1]
JS Yaeshio | |
History | |
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Japan | |
Name |
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Namesake | Yaeshio (1977) |
Ordered | 2001 |
Builder | Kawasaki, Kobe |
Cost | ¥52.19 million |
Laid down | 15 January 2002 |
Launched | 4 November 2004 |
Commissioned | 9 March 2006 |
Homeport | Yokosuka |
Identification | Pennant number: SS-598 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Oyashio-class submarine |
Displacement | |
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 |
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Speed |
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Complement | 70 (10 officers) |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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Yaeshio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 15 January 2002 and launched on 4 November 2004. She was commissioned on 9 March 2006 and deployed to Yokohama.[2][3]
The submarine participated in RIMPAC 2009 from 27 August to 8 December 2009.
On 14 January 2014, she left Yokosuka to participate in the RIMPAC 2014, stayed in the Hawaii and Guam areas to conduct various trainings, and returned to Yokosuka on 24 April.[4]
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