JDS Setoshio (SS-575)

History
Japan
Name
  • Setoshio
  • (せとしお)
Ordered1978
BuilderMitsubishi, Kobe
Laid down17 April 1979
Launched10 February 1981
Commissioned17 March 1982
Decommissioned30 March 2001
Reclassified
  • ATSS-8008
  • TSS-3602
HomeportKure
IdentificationPennant number: SS-575
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeYūshio-class submarine
Displacement
Length76.0 m (249.3 ft)
Beam9.9 m (32.5 ft)
Draught7.4 m (24.3 ft)
Propulsion
  • 1-shaft diesel-electric
  • 3,400 shp (2,500 kW) (surfaced)
  • 7,200 shp (5,400 kW) (submerged)
Speed
  • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced)
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (submerged)
Complement
  • 10 officers
  • 65–70 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament

JDS Setoshio (SS-575) was a Yūshio-class submarine. She was commissioned on 17 March 1982.[1][2]

Construction and career

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Setoshio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 17 April 1979 and launched on 10 February 1981. She was commissioned on 17 March 1982, into the 2nd Submarine Group.

She joined as the 3rd submarine of the 2nd Submarine Group in Yokosuka on 1 March 1983.

From July 22 to July 23, 1988, she participated in the Izu Oshima Offshore Exhibition Training with JDS Kurama.

On 6 June 1989, while she was acting as an anti-submarine training target ship, she came in contact with the seabed of the Tsugaru Straits, damaging her bow.

She was transferred to the 1st submarine of the 1st Submarine Group on 1 March 1994, and her fixed port was transferred to Kure.

On 10 March 1999, she was reclassified as an auxiliary submarine, her hull number changed to ATSS-8008, and she was transferred to the 1st Submarine Group as a direct control ship.

On 9 March 2000, she was reclassified as a training submarine, her hull number was TSS-3602, and she was transferred to the first training submarine, which was newly formed under the submarine fleet, with JDS Asashio.

She was decommissioned on 30 March 2001.[3]

Citations

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  1. ^ Takao, Ishibashi (2002). 海上自衛隊全艦船 1952-2002. Japan: 並木書房.
  2. ^ 世界の艦船 増刊第665集 海上自衛隊潜水艦史. Japan: 海人社. 2006.
  3. ^ 世界の艦船 増刊第66集 海上自衛隊全艦艇史. Japan: 海人社. 2004.