Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - JMSDF

 

 

SS-561 JDS Oshio - Submarine

 

SS-561 JDS Oshio submarine japan maritime self defense force jmsdf mitsubishi

SS-561 JDS Oshio

 

 

 

Data:

 

Builder:

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe, Japan

 

Status:

laid down: June 29, 1963

launched: April 30, 1964

commissioned: March 31, 1965

decommissioned: February 10, 1981

fate: scrapped in 1983

 

Length:

87,8 meters

 

Beam:

8,2 meters

 

Draft:

4,6 meters

 

Displacement:

1625 tons (surfaced) / 2235 tons (submerged)

 

Speed:

14 knots (26 km/h) surfaced / 18 knots (33 km/h) submerged

 

Range:

15000 NM (27800 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h) on diesels

 

Crew:

80

 

Propulsion:

DIESEL-ELECTRIC

2 x Kawasaki V8V24 diesel engines

2 x 1650K electric motors

2 x 120-cell lead-acid batteries

2900 hp (surfaced) / 6300 shp (submerged)

2 shafts / 2 propellers

 

Operating Depth:

500 feet (150 meters) test depth

 

Armament:

8 x 21-inch (533mm) torpedo tubes (6 forward/2 aft) for Mk-14 or Mk-37 torpedoes

 

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