| JDS Hayashio (SS-521) | |
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| Name: |
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| Namesake: | Hayashio (1939) |
| Ordered: | 1959 |
| Builder: | Mitsubishi, Kobe |
| Laid down: | 6 June 1960 |
| Launched: | 31 July 1961 |
| Commissioned: | 30 June 1962 |
| Decommissioned: | 25 July 1977 |
| Homeport: | Kure |
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| Fate: | Scrapped, November 1977 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Hayashio-class submarine |
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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) |
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| Complement: | 40 |
| Armament: | 3 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes |
JDS Hayashio (SS-521) was the lead boat of theHayashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 30 June 1962.
Construction and career[]
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.[1][2]
On 1 August 1962, the 1st Submarine Corps was newly formed and incorporated under the Kure District Force.
On 1 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 JDS Wakashio.
On 1 February 1965, the 1st Submarine was reorganized into the 1st Submarine Group, which was newly formed under the Self-Defense Fleet.
At around 6:40 pm on 20 May 1970, she came into contact with a large merchant ship during a dive training in a water area about 30 km east of Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture, and damaged her periscope.[3]
She was decommissioned on 25 July 1977 and dismantled at Furusawa Steel in Etajima-cho in November 1977.[4]
Citations[]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "海上自衛隊ニュース,世界の艦船". 海人社. June 1970. p. 41.
- ↑ Maritime Self-Defense Force News, Ships of the World, June 1971, No. 166. Gaijinsha. June 1971. pp. 81.
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