JDS Asashio (SS-562)

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Asashio.

JDS Asashio
History
Japan
Name	Asashio (あさしお)
Namesake	Asashio (1936)
Ordered	1963
Builder	Kawasaki, Kobe
Laid down	15 October 1964
Launched	27 November 1965
Commissioned	13 October 1966
Decommissioned	30 March 1983
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: SS-562
Fate	Scrapped, July 1984
General characteristics
Class and type	Asashio-class submarine
Displacement	1,650 long tons (1,676 t) surfaced 2,250 long tons (2,286 t) submerged
Length	88 m (288 ft 9 in)
Beam	8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draft	4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)
Depth	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric, 2 shafts 2,900 bhp (2,200 kW) (surfaced) 6,300 shp (4,700 kW) (submerged)
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) submerged
Complement	80
Armament	8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (6 × bow-tube, 2 × stern-tube)

JDS Asashio (SS-562) was the lead boat of the Asashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 13 October 1966.

Construction and career

Asashio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 15 October 1964 and launched on 27 November 1965. She was commissioned on 13 October 1966, into the 2nd Submarine Group of the 1st Submarine Group.

On 11 August 1967, a portion of Asashio's hull made contact with the seabed while training in the Tsushima area, damaging part of her sonar.

On 16 March 1968, she was transferred to the 3rd Submarine under the 1st Submarine Group, and she was incorporated with Harushio. Asashio participated in Hawaii dispatch training from July 20 to October 8 of the same year.

On 16 October 1973, the 3rd Submarine was reorganized into the 2nd Submarine Group, which was newly formed under the Self-Defense Fleet.

At around 9:30 pm on 31 March 1978, Asashio collided with Natsugumo while training at Enshu-nada, about 120 km south of Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. Asashio's periscope and Natsugumo's right shaft were partially damaged. At that time, anti-submarine attack training aimed at Asashio was underway in this water area, and she came into contact with Natsugumo at a periscope depth of about 16 meters.

Asashio was decommissioned on 30 March 1983. She had 2,330 dives, 21,674 hours and 14 minutes underwater, 8,066 hours and 58 minutes surfaced, and a total nautical mile of 201,243.4 nautical miles.

External links

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