:JS Oyashio
{{Other ships|Japanese ship Oyashio}}
{{short description|Oyashio-class submarines}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:TSS-3608 おやしお (1).jpg | Ship caption = JS Oyashio }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Japan | Ship flag = {{Shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} | Ship name = *Oyashio
| Ship namesake = Oyashio | Ship ordered = 1993 | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Kawasaki, Kobe | Ship original cost = ¥52.19 million | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down =26 January 1994 | Ship launched =15 October 1996 | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned =16 March 1998 | Ship decommissioned =17 March 2023 | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = TSS-3608, 6 March 2015 | Ship refit = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = *Kure, Hiroshima | Ship identification = *Pennant number: TSS-3608 | Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honours = | Ship fate = | Ship status = Decommissioned | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Oyashio|submarine}} | Ship displacement = *2,750 tonnes (surfaced)
| Ship length = {{convert|81.7|m|ftin|lk=on|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|8.9|m|ftin|lk=on|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = {{convert|7.4|m|ftin|lk=on|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship propulsion = *Diesel-electric
| Ship speed = *{{convert|12|kn|lk=in}} (surfaced)
| Ship range = | Ship endurance = | Ship test depth = | Ship complement = 70 (10 officers) | Ship sensors = *Sonar: Hughes/Oki ZQQ-6 hull-mounted sonar, flank arrays, 1 towed array
| Ship EW = | Ship armament = *6 × HU-605 {{convert|21|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes with 20 reloads for:
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JS Oyashio (SS-590) was the lead boat of the {{sclass|Oyashio|submarine}}s. She was commissioned on 16 March 1998.
Construction and career
Oyashio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 26 January 1994 and launched on 15 October 1996. She was commissioned on 16 March 1998 and deployed to Yokosuka.{{Cite web|title=JS Oyashio (SS-590)|url=https://tvd.im/naval-warfare/3589-js-oyashio-ss-590.html|access-date=2021-02-02|website=Military Equipment Guide With Photos}}
From 11 January to 10 April 2006, she participated in RIMPAC 2006.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}
On 10 January 2009, during a performance test {{convert|4.6|km}} Southwest of the Maritime Self-Defense Force Kagoshima Laboratory in Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, the Maritime Self-Defense Force's fishing boat 28th Kamemaru came into contact with the mast. A part of the stern of the fishing boat was damaged and dropped, but no one was injured. The fishing boat was chartered by the Maritime Self-Defense Force and was wary of other vessels from approaching during the performance test of Oyashio.{{Cite news|date=January 11, 2009|title=Submarine Oyashio comes into contact with a guard ship. Testing off Kagoshima|work=Yomiuri Online|url= |url-status=dead|access-date= }}{{deadlink|date=September 2023}}
On 8 December 2009, the Kagoshima Maritime Security Department sent documents to the Captain and three others on suspicion of the risk of a possible traffic incident. Furthermore, at around 0:15 pm on 17 June 2009, during training on the Pacific Ocean about {{convert|28|km}} East of Shiriyazaki, a cable for resource exploration (4.8 km) towed by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy {{ill|Ramform Victory|lt=research vessel Shigen|ja|資源_(探査船)}} (10,395 tons) of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry caused an incident that left some of the crew injured.{{Citation needed paragraph|date=January 2025}}
On 6 March 2015, due to the removal of the training submarine {{ship|JDS|Fuyushio|SS-588|2}}, Oyashio{{'}}s designation was changed to a training submarine on the same date, and the first training submarine under the direct control of the submarine fleet. After joining the corps, the submarine's fixed port was transferred to Kure.{{Cite web|title=呉地方隊:【ギャラリー】|url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/kure/info/gallery/oyashio.html|access-date=2021-02-02|website=mod.go.jp}}
From 19 March to 27 April 2016, she participated in the open sea practice voyage (flight) with the escort vessels {{ship|JS|Ariake|DD-109|6}} and {{ship|JS|Setogiri}}. On 3 April, she entered Subic Bay on Luzon Island, Philippines, facing the South China Sea.{{Cite web|last=INC|first=SANKEI DIGITAL|date=2016-04-27|title=【防衛最前線（６７）】練習潜水艦「おやしお」を南シナ海へ派遣 海自はあえて中国に痛烈なメッセージを放った|url=https://www.sankei.com/premium/news/160427/prm1604270003-n1.html|access-date=2021-02-02|website=産経ニュース|language=ja}}
At around 6:20 a.m. on 10 March 2022, while drifting at sea about 1.1 kilometers South-Southeast of the Kobe Wadamisaki Breakwater Lighthouse in Hyogo Ward, Kobe City, Oyashio collided with the fishing trawler Sumiyoshi Maru, which was sailing underway. There was no significant damage to either vessel, and no injuries.{{cite news|date=10 March 2022 |title=海上自衛隊潜水艦と漁船が接触 神戸沖 損傷や浸水などなし |trans-title=JMSDF submarine comes into contact with fishing boat off the coast of Kobe, causing no damage or flooding |url=https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/jiken/202203/0015124359.shtml |language=ja |work=www.kobe-np.co.jp |location= |access-date=2 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310093321/https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/jiken/202203/0015124359.shtml |archive-date=10 March 2022}}
Oyashio was decommissioned on 17 March 2023 at Kure.{{cite news|date=9 May 2023 |title=「おやしお」25年の歴史に幕 「まきしお」が練習潜水艦に（2023年3月17日） |trans-title="Oyashio" comes to an end after 25 years of history; "Makishio" becomes training submarine (March 17, 2023) |url=https://www.asagumo-news.com/homepage/htdocs/news/newsflash/202305/230508/23050801.html |language=ja |work=Asagumo News |location= |archive-date=9 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509064823/https://www.asagumo-news.com/homepage/htdocs/news/newsflash/202305/230508/23050801.html |access-date=2 January 2025}} She had been in service for 25 years, the longest period attained by any MSDF submarine, and she had travelled {{convert|500000|km|miles}} in distance.{{cite news|date=17 March 2023 |title=海自潜水艦「おやしお」が退役 ２５年の任務を終え 呉基地 |trans-title=The JMSDF submarine "Oyashio" is retired after 25 years of service at the Kure base. |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/hiroshima-news/20230317/4000021624.html |language=ja |work=NHK |location= |access-date=2 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317032847/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/hiroshima-news/20230317/4000021624.html |archive-date=17 March 2023}}
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Category:Oyashio-class submarines
Category:Ships built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Category:Training ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force