JDS Wakashio (SS-522)
Appearance
![]() JDS Wakashio
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History | |
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Name |
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Ordered | 1959 |
Builder | Mitsubishi, Kobe |
Laid down | 7 June 1960 |
Launched | 28 August 1961 |
Commissioned | 17 August 1962 |
Decommissioned | 23 March 1979 |
Identification | Pennant number: SS-522 |
Fate | Scrapped, October 1979 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Hayashio-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 59 m (193 ft 7 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 |
JDS Wakashio (SS-522) was the second Hayashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 30 June 1962.
Construction and career
[edit]Hayashio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 6 June 1960 and launched on 31 July 1961. She was commissioned on 30 June 1962, into the 1st Submarine Corps of the Kure District Force.[1][2]
On 31 March 1963, the 1st Submarine was reorganized under the Self-Defense Fleet.
From 2 June to 19 August 1964, she participated in Hawaii dispatch training with Hayashio.
On 1 February 1965, the 1st Submarine was reorganized into the 1st Submarine Group, which was newly formed under the Self-Defense Fleet.
She was decommissioned on 23 March 1979 and dismantled at Kyowa Metal in October 1979.[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.