JS Makishio

	JS Makishio
History
Japan
Name	Makishio; (まきしお);
Ordered	1996
Builder	Mitsubishi, Kobe
Cost	¥52.19 million
Laid down	26 March 1997
Launched	22 September 1999
Commissioned	29 March 2001
Reclassified	17 March 2023 (as training vessel)
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: SS-593
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Oyashio-class submarine
Displacement	2,750 tonnes (surfaced); 4,000 tonnes (submerged);
Length	81.7 m (268 ft 1 in)
Beam	8.9 m (29 ft 2 in)
Draught	7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; 2 Kawasaki 12V25S diesel engines; 2 Kawasaki alternators; 2 Toshiba motors; 3,400 hp (2,500 kW) surfaced; 7,750 hp (5,780 kW) submerged;
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced); 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (submerged);
Complement	70 (10 officers)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Sonar: Hughes/Oki ZQQ-6 hull-mounted sonar, flank arrays, 1 towed array; Radar: JRC ZPS 6 I-band search radar.;
Armament	6 × HU-605 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes with 20 reloads for:; Type 89 torpedoes; UGM-84 Harpoon missiles;

JS Makishio (SS-593) is the fourth boat of the Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 29 March 2001.^[1]

Construction and career

Makishio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 6 March 1996 and launched on 26 November 1998. She was commissioned on 9 March 2000 and deployed to Yokosuka.^[2]^[3]

On 6 August 2008, she left Kure for Hawaii for the major naval exercise RIMPAC 2008 and returned to Kure on 12 November.^{[citation needed]}

The submarine participated in RIMPAC 2019 from 30 March to 29 June 2019, and conducted offshore training and facility use training in the Hawaiian Islands area.^[4]

Upon Oyashio's decommissioning on 17 March 2023, Makishio was converted to a training submarine as a replacement.^[5]

Gallery

JS Makishio's sail

References

^ Takao, Ishibashi (2002). All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002. Namiki Shobo.
^ 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.
^ "平成３０年度第２回米国派遣訓練（潜水艦）について" [FY2018 Second US Expedition Training (Submarine)] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Maritime Staff Office. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
^ "「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）" ["Oyashio" comes to an end after 25 years of history; "Makishio" becomes training submarine (March 17, 2023)]. Asagumo News (in Japanese). 9 May 2023. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2025.

External links

Media related to JS Makishio (SS-593) at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Takao, Ishibashi (2002). All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002. Namiki Shobo.

[2] World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History. Gaijinsha. 2004.

[3] World Ships Special Edition Vol. 665: History of Maritime Self-Defense Force Submarines. Gaijinsha. 2006.

[4] "平成３０年度第２回米国派遣訓練（潜水艦）について" [FY2018 Second US Expedition Training (Submarine)] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Maritime Staff Office. Retrieved 2 January 2025.

[5] "「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）" ["Oyashio" comes to an end after 25 years of history; "Makishio" becomes training submarine (March 17, 2023)]. Asagumo News (in Japanese). 9 May 2023. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2025.

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v t e Oyashio-class submarines
Oyashio Michishio Uzushio Makishio Isoshio Narushio Kuroshio Takashio Yaeshio Setoshio Mochishio
Preceded by: Harushio class Followed by: Sōryū class
Submarines of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force