Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - JMSDF
Asashio class Submarine - SS
SS-565 JDS Arashio
Units:
unit			laid down		launched		commissioned		decommissioned
SS 562 JDS Asashio			October 15, 1964		November 27, 1965		October 13, 1966		March 30, 1983
SS 563 JDS Harushio			October 12, 1965		February 25, 1967		December 1, 1967		March 30, 1984
SS 564 JDS Michishio			July 26, 1966		December 5, 1967		August 29, 1968		March 27, 1985
SS 565 JDS Arashio			July 5, 1967		October 24, 1968		July 25, 1969		March 27, 1986
NOTES: all 4 units were finally scrapped BUILDER: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe, Japan and Kawasaki Shipbuilding, Kobe, Japan
	Specifications:
	Length:	88 meters
	Beam:	8,2 meters
	Draft:	4,9 meters
	Displacement:	1676 tons (surfaced) / 2286 tons (submerged)
	Speed:	14 knots (26 km/h) surfaced / 18 knots (33 km/h) submerged
	Range:
	Crew:	80
	Operational depth:
	Propulsion:	DIESEL-ELECTRIC 2 x Kawasaki V8V24/30 diesel engines 2 x electric-motors (4 x 120-cell lead-acid batteries) 2900 bhp surfaced / 6300 shp submerged 2 shafts / 2 propellers
	Armament:	8 x 21-inch (533mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow / 2 stern)
images:
SS-565 JDS Arashio
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