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Hayashio-class submarines From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
JDS Hayashio (SS-521) was the lead boat of the Hayashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 30 June 1962.
JDS Hayashio | |
History | |
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Japan | |
Name |
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Namesake | Hayashio (1939) |
Ordered | 1959 |
Builder | Mitsubishi, Kobe |
Laid down | 6 June 1960 |
Launched | 31 July 1961 |
Commissioned | 30 June 1962 |
Decommissioned | 25 July 1977 |
Homeport | Kure |
Identification | Pennant number: SS-521 |
Fate | Scrapped, November 1977 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Hayashio-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 59 m (193 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
Draft | 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in) |
Depth | 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Complement | 40 |
Armament | 3 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes |
Hayashio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 6 June 1960 and launched on 31 July 1961. She was commissioned on 30 June 1962.[1][2]
On 1 August 1962, the 1st Submarine Corps was newly formed and incorporated under the Kure District Force.
On 1 March 1963, the 1st Submarine was reorganized under the Self-Defense Fleet.
From 2 June to 19 August 1964, she participated in Hawaii dispatch training with JDS Wakashio.
On 1 February 1965, the 1st Submarine was reorganized into the 1st Submarine Group, which was newly formed under the Self-Defense Fleet.
At around 6:40 pm on 20 May 1970, she came into contact with a large merchant ship during a dive training in a water area about 30 km east of Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture, and damaged her periscope.[3]
She was decommissioned on 25 July 1977 and dismantled at Furusawa Steel in Etajima-cho in November 1977.[4]
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