JDS Arashio (SS-565)

{{short description|Asashio-class submarines}}

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{{Other ships|Japanese ship Arashio}}

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| Ship caption = JDS Arashio in Apra Harbor on 1 April 1984

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| Ship country = Japan

| Ship flag = {{Shipboxflag|Japan|naval}}

| Ship name = *Arashio

  • (あらしお)

| Ship namesake = Arashio (1937)

| Ship ordered = 1966

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| Ship builder = Mitsubishi, Kobe

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| Ship laid down = 5 July 1967

| Ship launched = 24 October 1968

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| Ship commissioned = 25 July 1969

| Ship decommissioned = 27 March 1986

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| Ship identification = *Pennant number: SS-565

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| Ship fate = Scrapped, 1989

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| Ship class = {{sclass|Asashio|submarine}}

| Ship displacement = *{{convert|1650|LT|t|0}} surfaced

  • {{convert|2250|LT|t|0}} submerged

| Ship length = {{convert|88|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam = {{convert|8.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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| Ship draft = {{convert|4.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship depth = {{convert|7.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship propulsion = *Diesel-electric, 2 shafts

  • {{convert|2,900|BHP|abbr=on|lk=in}} (surfaced)
  • {{convert|6,300|SHP|abbr=on|lk=in}} (submerged)

| Ship speed = *{{convert|14|kn|lk=in}} surfaced

  • {{convert|18|kn}} submerged

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| Ship complement = 80

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| Ship armament = 8 × {{convert|533|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (6 × bow-tube, 2 × stern-tube)

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JDS Arashio (SS-565) was the fourth boat of the {{sclass|Asashio|submarine}}s. She was commissioned on 25 July 1969.{{Cite book|last=Takao|first=Ishibashi|title=海上自衛隊全艦船 1952-2002 |language=ja |trans-title=All ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 1952-2002|publisher=並木書房|year=2002|location=Japan}}{{Cite book|title=世界の艦船 増刊第665集 海上自衛隊潜水艦史 |language=ja |trans-title=World Warships Special Issue No. 665: History of the Maritime Self-Defense Force Submarines|publisher=海人社|year=2006|location=Japan}}

Construction and career

Arashio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 5 July 1967 and launched on 24 October 1968. She was commissioned on 25 July 1969, into the 1st Submarine Group Joined the 2nd Submarine.

She participated in dispatch training in Hawaii from September 6 to November 24, 1972.

On 27 March 1985, she became the flagship of the 1st Submarine Group.

She was decommissioned on 27 March 1986 and scrapped by Furusawa Steel in 1989.{{Cite book|title=世界の艦船 増刊第66集 海上自衛隊全艦艇史 |language=ja |trans-title=World Warships Special Issue No. 66: History of All Ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|publisher=海人社|year=2004|location=Japan}}

Gallery

File:428-GX-USN-1155155 (28432664268).jpg|JDS Arashio in Pearl Harbor in November 1972

File:Japanese submarine Arashio (SS-565) at Pearl Harbor c1972.jpg|JDS Arashio in Pearl Harbor in November 1972

File:JS Arashio (SS-565), JS Tokachi (DE-218), and JS Ōi (DE-214) in Apra Harbor, -1 Apr. 1984 d.jpg|Arashio, {{ship|JDS|Tokachi||2}} and {{ship|JDS|Ōi||2}} in Apra Harbor on 1 April 1984

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