JS Asashio (SS-589)

	JS Asashio
History
Japan
Name	Asashio; (あさしお);
Namesake	Asashio (1965)
Ordered	1992
Builder	Mitsubishi, Kobe
Laid down	24 December 1992
Launched	12 July 1995
Commissioned	12 March 1997
Decommissioned	27 February 2017
Reclassified	TSS-3601
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: SS-589
Status	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type	Harushio-class submarine
Displacement	Surface: 2,900 tonnes; Submerged: 3,700 tonnes;
Length	87.0 m (285 ft 5 in)
Beam	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft	7.7 m (25 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 × Kawasaki 12V25/25S diesel electric engines; 2 × shafts;
Speed	Surfaced: 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph); Submerged: 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph);
Complement	71
Sensors and ; processing systems	Hughes/Oki ZQQ 5B Sonar; ZQR 1 towed array; JRC ZPS 6 I-band search radar; ZYQ-2B;
Armament	6 × HU-606 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes for:; Type 89 torpedo;

JS Asashio (SS-589) was the seventh ship of the Harushio-class submarine of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

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