JS Takashio
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Ordered | 2000 |
Builder | Mitsubishi, Kobe |
Cost | ¥52.19 million |
Laid down | 30 January 2001 |
Launched | 1 October 2003 |
Commissioned | 9 March 2005 |
Homeport | Yokosuka |
Identification | Pennant number: SS-597 |
Status | Active |
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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) |
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Complement | 70 (10 officers) |
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JS Takashio (SS-597) is the eighth boat of the Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 9 March 2005.[1]
Construction and career
[edit]Takashio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 30 January 2001 and launched on 1 October 2003. She was commissioned on 9 March 2005 and deployed to Yokohama.[2][3]
On 10 October 2012, she headed for Hawaii via Guam for training in the United States, and was dispatched until 23 January 2013. From 22 July to 21 October 2016, she participated in the US dispatch training and conducted offshore training and facility use training in the Hawaiian Islands area.[4]
Gallery
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JS Takashio at Yokosuka on 1 August 2009.
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JS Takashio at Yokosuka on 1 August 2009.
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JS Takashio at Yokosuka on 1 August 2009.
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JS Takashio at Yokosuka in 2009.
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JS Takashio at Yokosuka on 6 August 2011.
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JS Takashio's periscope on 6 August 2011.
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JS Takashio at Pearl Harbor on 31 October 2012.
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JS Takashio at Pearl Harbor on 31 October 2012.
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JS Takashio at Pearl Harbor on 31 October 2012.
Citations
[edit]- ^ Takao, Ishibashi (2002). All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002. Namiki Shobo.
- ^ World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History. Gaijinsha. 2004.
- ^ World Ships Special Edition Vol. 665: History of Maritime Self-Defense Force Submarines. Gaijinsha. 2006.
- ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201607/20160719-01.pdf [bare URL PDF]
External links
[edit] Media related to JS Takashio (SS-597) at Wikimedia Commons