JS Arashio

History
Japan
Name
  • Arashio
  • (あらしお)
Ordered1989
BuilderKawasaki, Kobe
Laid down8 January 1990
Launched17 March 1992
Commissioned17 March 1993
Decommissioned19 March 2012
HomeportKure
IdentificationPennant number: SS-586
FateScrapped, 18 November 2013
General characteristics
Class & typeHarushio-class submarine
Displacement
  • Surface: 2,450 tonnes
  • Submerged: 3,200 tonnes
Length77.0 m (252 ft 7 in)
Beam10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft7.7 m (25 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • Surfaced: 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
  • Submerged: 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement75
Sensors &
processing systems
  • Hughes/Oki ZQQ 5B Sonar
  • ZQR 1 towed array
  • JRC ZPS 6 I-band search radar
Armament

JS Arashio (SS-586) was the fourth ship of the Harushio-class submarine of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.