Asashio-class submarine

Class overview
Name:	Asashio
Builders:	Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Operators:	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by:	Ōshio
Succeeded by:	Uzushio-class submarine
Built:	1964–1969
In commission:	1966–1986
Planned:	4
Completed:	4
Retired:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	1,650 long tons (1,676 t) surfaced 2,250 long tons (2,286 t) submerged
Length:	88 m (288 ft 9 in)
Beam:	8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draft:	4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)
Depth:	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Propulsion:	Diesel-electric, 2 shafts 2,900 BHP (surfaced) 6,300 SHP (submerged)
Speed:	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) submerged
Complement:	80
Armament:	8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (6 × bow-tube, 2 × stern-tube)

The Asashio class submarine is a submarine class of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. This class is the successor of Ōshio.

Boats

Project no.	Building no.	Pennant no.	Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Note
S117	8062	SS-562	Asashio (あさしお)	15 October 1964	27 November 1965	13 October 1966	Decommissioned 30 March 1983, scrapped
	8062	SS-563	Harushio (はるしお)	12 October 1965	25 February 1967	1 December 1967	Decommissioned 30 March 1984, scrapped
	8063	SS-564	Michishio (みちしお)	26 July 1966	5 December 1967	29 August 1968	Decommissioned 27 March 1985, scrapped
	8064	SS-565	Arashio (あらしお)	5 July 1967	24 October 1968	25 July 1969	Decommissioned 27 March 1986, scrapped

See also

• Kuroshio (SS-501) - First submarine acquired by the JMSDF, via it being loaned by the U.S under the Military Assistance Program.
• JDS Oyashio (SS-511) - First naval submarine built in post-war Japan.