JS Makishio

JS Makishio
History
Japan
Name
  • Makishio
  • (まきしお)
Namesake薪塩 ("firewood & salt")
Ordered1996
BuilderMitsubishi, Kobe
Cost¥52.19 million
Laid down6 March 1996
Launched26 November 1998
Commissioned29 March 2001
Reclassified17 March 2023 (as training vessel)
Home portKure
IdentificationPennant number: TSS-[clarification needed]
StatusActive as training submarine
General characteristics
Class & typeOyashio-class submarine
Displacement
Length81.7 m (268 ft 1 in)
Beam8.9 m (29 ft 2 in)
Draught7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
  • Diesel-electric
  • 2 Kawasaki 12V25S diesel engines
  • 2 Kawasaki alternators
  • 2 Toshiba motors
  • 3,400 hp (2,500 kW) surfaced
  • 7,750 hp (5,780 kW) submerged
Speed
  • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced)
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (submerged)
Complement70 (10 officers)
Sensors &
processing systems
  • Sonar: Hughes/Oki ZQQ-6 hull-mounted sonar, flank arrays, 1 towed array
  • Radar: JRC ZPS 6 I-band search radar.
Armament

JS Makishio (hull number SS-593) is the fourth boat of the Oyashio-class submarines built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 29 March 2001. After 22 years of active service as an attack submarine, Makashio was reassigned as a training vessel on 17 March 2023.

Construction and career

Makishio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 6 March 1996 and launched on 26 November 1998. She was commissioned on 9 March 2000[dubious – discuss] and deployed to Yokosuka.

On 6 August 2008, she left Kure for Hawaii for the major naval exercise RIMPAC 2008, and she returned to Kure on 12 November.[citation needed]

The submarine participated in RIMPAC 2019 from 30 March to 29 June 2019, and she conducted offshore training and facility use training in the Hawaiian Islands area.

Upon Oyashio's decommissioning on 17 March 2023, Makishio was converted to a training submarine as a replacement.

References

  1. ↑ Takao, Ishibashi (2002). All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002. Namiki Shobo.
  2. ↑ World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History. Gaijinsha. 2004.
  3. ↑ World Ships Special Edition Vol. 665: History of Maritime Self-Defense Force Submarines. Gaijinsha. 2006.
  4. ↑ "平成３０年度第２回米国派遣訓練（潜水艦）について" [FY2018 Second US Expedition Training (Submarine)] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Maritime Staff Office. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "「おやしお」25年の歴史に幕 「まきしお」が練習潜水艦に（2023年3月17日）" ["Oyashio" comes to an end after 25 years of history; "Makishio" becomes training submarine (March 17, 2023)]. Asagumo News (in Japanese). 9 May 2023. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2025.

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