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 JS Kuroshio
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Namesake | Kuroshio |
| Ordered | 1997 |
| Builder | Kawasaki, Kobe |
| Cost | ¥52.19 million |
| Laid down | 27 March 2000 |
| Launched | 23 October 2002 |
| Commissioned | 8 March 2004 |
| Homeport | Kure |
| Identification | Pennant number: SS-596 |
| 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) |
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| Complement | 70 (10 officers) |
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JS Kuroshio (SS-596) is the seventh boat of Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 8 March 2004.[1]
Construction and career
Kuroshio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 27 March 2000 and launched on 23 October 2003. She's commissioned on 8 March 2004 and deployed to Kure.[2][3]
Participated in RIMPAC 2006 from June 26th to July 28th, 2006.
On March 15, 2011, she was transferred to the 3rd Submarine Group of the 1st Submarine Group.
From September 23 to December 19, 2015, she participated in RIMPAC 2015.
On August 27, 2018, she left Kure and entered the South China Sea through the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines. After that, she joined three ships including the escort ship JS Kaga of the Indo-Pacific dispatch training unit, and conducted anti-submarine warfare training in the South China Sea on September 13.[4][5] After that, from September 17th to 21st, she will call at the International Port of Cam Ranh in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and carry out a goodwill visit to the Vietnam Navy submarine unit.[6]
Gallery
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JS Kuroshio at Pearl Harbor on 25 June 2006.
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JS Kuroshio at Pearl Harbor on 25 June 2006.
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JS Kuroshio at Maizuru on 17 April 2010.
Citations
- ^ 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/release/201809/20180917-2.pdf
- ^ "Control China, submarine training in the South China Sea, Maritime Self-Defense Force announced". Yomiuri Shimbun. September 18, 2018.
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