JDS Takeshio (SS-580) was a Yūshio-class submarine. She was commissioned on 5 March 1985.[1][2]

History
Japan
Name
  • Takeshio
  • (たけしお)
Ordered1983
BuilderKawasaki, Kobe
Laid down3 April 1984
Launched9 February 1986
Commissioned3 March 1987
Decommissioned9 March 2005
HomeportYokosuka
IdentificationPennant number: SS-580
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeYūshio-class submarine
Displacement
Length76.0 m (249.3 ft)
Beam9.9 m (32.5 ft)
Draught7.4 m (24.3 ft)
Propulsion
  • 1-shaft diesel-electric
  • 3,400 shp (2,500 kW) (surfaced)
  • 7,200 shp (5,400 kW) (submerged)
Speed
  • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced)
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (submerged)
Complement
  • 10 officers
  • 65–70 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament

Construction and career

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Takeshio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 3 April 1984 and launched on 9 February 1986. She was commissioned on 3 March 1987, into the 2nd Submarine Group in Yokosuka.

Since June 1988, she has participated in the Exercise RIMPAC '88 in 1988 and became the first Japanese submarine to launch the first Harpoon anti-ship missile underwater.

She left Yokosuka on 9 May 1994 and participated in Exercise RIMPAC '94 with JDS Kurama in 1994.

She was decommissioned on 9 March 2006.[3]

In January 2006, she left Yokosuka for Dokai Bay, where the dismantling site is located.

Citations

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  1. ^ Takao, Ishibashi (2002). 海上自衛隊全艦船 1952-2002. Japan: 並木書房.
  2. ^ 世界の艦船 増刊第665集 海上自衛隊潜水艦史. Japan: 海人社. 2006.
  3. ^ 世界の艦船 増刊第66集 海上自衛隊全艦艇史. Japan: 海人社. 2004.