JS Natsushio
{{short description|Harushio-class submarine}}
{{Other ships|Japanese ship Natsushio}}
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|Ship length={{convert|77.0|m|ftin|lk=on|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|10|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship draft={{convert|7.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion= *2 × Kawasaki 12V25/25S diesel electric engines
|Ship speed=*Surfaced: {{convert|12|kn|abbr=on|lk=in}}
|Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship complement= 75 |Ship sensors=*Hughes/Oki ZQQ 5B Sonar
|Ship EW= |Ship armament=*6 × HU-606 {{convert|533|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes for: |Ship notes= }} |
JS Natsushio (SS-584) was the second ship of the {{sclass|Harushio|submarine}}s of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Development and design
{{Main|Harushio-class submarine}}
This type is a teardrop type ship type, a so-called SSS (Single Screw Submarine) type with a single-axis propulsion system, and the structural style is a complete double-shell structure, following the method since the {{sclass|Uzushio|submarine|0}} (42SS) in the basic design concept . Meanwhile, the type, dual vibration-damping support of the anti-vibration support or main engine of the main motor, the auxiliary equipment and pipe systems, static power supply, and rectification of the hole opening on the bottom of the ship. Through these efforts, it was decided that the masker sound insulation device was unnecessary, and in the latter model of this model, it was so quiet that it would not be detected even if snorkeling was continued until the sonobuoy was visible.{{cite journal | url=https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/40016812489/ | title=From Uzushio to Soryu: Development of Japanese submarine | journal=世界の艦船 | date=November 2009 | issue=713 | pages=75–81 | last1=正男 | first1=小林 }}
Construction and career
Natsushio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 8 April 1988 as the 1987 plan 2400-ton submarine No. 8099 and it was launched on 20 March 1990. She was commissioned on 20 March 1991 and homeported in Kure. She belonged to the 5th Submarine of the 1st Submarine Group.{{Cite web|date=2008-12-01|title=DSI 海自現有艦艇一覧|url=http://www.dsimil.com/library/jmdf.kantei.htm|access-date=2021-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201185806/http://www.dsimil.com/library/jmdf.kantei.htm|archive-date=1 December 2008}}
She participated in the RIMPAC 1996.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}
On 3 August 1997, Natsushio sank the target ship {{JDS|Nagatsuki||2}} north of Wakasa Bay.{{Cite news|date=November 1997|title=ニュース・フラッシュ (世界の艦船)|volume=531|page=64|work=海人社}}
On 8 May 2000, she and {{JS|Kongō||2}} left Kure to participate in RIMPAC 2000 which took place from 30 May until 6 July.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}
She took part in RIMPAC 2002.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}
Natsushio was decommissioned on 26 March 2010. She had participated in ten Maritime Self-Defense Force exercises and eight simulated combat trainings between submarines.{{Cite book|title=Mainichi Shimbun March 28, morning edition}}{{Full citation needed|date=January 2025}} She was scrapped in Etajima in 2011.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}
Gallery
File:US Navy 030228-N-3612M-001 A busy day for the White Beach Port Facility in Okinawa, Japan.jpg|USS Essex, JS Shimakaze, JS Myōkō, JS Hamagiri and JS Natsushio at White Beach Port, Okinawa on 28 February 2003
File:US Navy 030228-N-3612M-006 A busy day for the White Beach Port Facility in Okinawa, Japan.jpg
File:USS-Essex(LHD2) Shimakaze(DDG172) Myoko(DDG175) Hamagiri(DD155) Natsushio(SS584) DN-SD-05-00196crop.jpg
File:US Navy 030228-N-3612M-003 he amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), and the Japanese Maritime Defense Force (JMSDF) ships Shimakaze (DDG 172), Myoukou (DDG 175), Hamagiri (DD 155) and Natusio (SS 584) are pier-side Okinawa.jpg
References
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External links
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{{Harushio class submarines}}
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