JDS Natsushio (SS-523) was the lead boat of the Natsushio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 29 June 1963.
 JDS Natsushio
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| History | |
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 Japan | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Natsushio (1939) |
| Ordered | 1960 |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe |
| Laid down | 5 December 1961 |
| Launched | 18 September 1962 |
| Commissioned | 29 June 1963 |
| Decommissioned | 20 March 1978 |
| Identification | Pennant number: SS-523 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Natsushio-class submarine |
| Displacement | 790 long tons (803 t) surfaced |
| Length | 61 m (200 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in) |
| Depth | 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Complement | 40 |
| Armament | 3 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes |
Construction and career
editNatsushio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 5 December 1961 and launched on 18 September 1962. She was commissioned on 29 June 1963.[1][2]
On 1 February 1965, the 1st Submarine was reorganized into the 1st Submarine Group, which was newly formed under the Self-Defense Fleet. From 8 June to 23 August of the same year, she deployed to Hawaii to participate in dispatch training with JDS Fuyushio. Along the way, on 15 July, a periscope broke in a collision with an uninhabited cargo ship in the waters south of Oahu.
The submarine was removed from the naval register on 20 March 1978.[3]
Citations
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Maritime Self-Defense Force News, Ships of the World, June 1971, No. 166. Gaijinsha. June 1971. p. 81.
External links
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