JDS Mochishio (SS-574)

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese submarine Mochishio.

JDS Mochishio
History
Japan
Name	Mochishio (もちしお)
Ordered	1977
Builder	Kawasaki, Kobe
Laid down	9 May 1978
Launched	12 March 1980
Commissioned	5 March 1981
Decommissioned	10 March 2000
Reclassified	ATSS-8007
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: SS-574
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Yūshio-class submarine
Displacement	2,200 tonnes (surfaced) 2,450 tonnes (submerged)
Length	76.0 m (249.3 ft)
Beam	9.9 m (32.5 ft)
Draught	7.4 m (24.3 ft)
Propulsion	1-shaft diesel-electric 3,400 shp (2,500 kW) (surfaced) 7,200 shp (5,400 kW) (submerged)
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced) 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (submerged)
Complement	10 officers 65–70 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	Sonar Hughes/Oki ZQQ 5 hull mounted sonar ZQR 1 towed array Radar JRC ZPS 5/6 I-band search radar.
Armament	6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes with reloads for: 1.) Type 89 torpedo 2.) Type 80 ASW Torpedo 3.) UGM-84 Harpoon

JDS Mochishio (SS-574) was a Yūshio-class submarine. She was commissioned on 5 March 1981.

Construction and career

Mochishio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 9 May 1978 and launched on 12 March 1980. She was commissioned on 5 March 1981, into the 1st Submarine Group.

On 9 April 1986, a special remodeling work was completed to enable Harpoon's USM to be launched from the torpedo tube, which will increase the standard displacement by about 50 tons. She participated in Hawaii dispatch training from August 19 to November 21 of the same year.

Since April 1990, she has been dispatched to Hawaii and San Diego along with JDS Haruna, and from April 26 to June 2, she would participate in the RIMPAC '90 exercise.

She participated in RIMPAC '92 in 1992.

In July 1997, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works began remodeling work into a special submarine, removing torpedoes and setting up an auditorium for trainees. On August 1, the same year, she was changed to an auxiliary submarine, her hull number was changed to ATSS-8007, and she became a ship under the direct control of the 1st submarine group.

She was decommissioned on 10 March 2000.

Gallery

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  JS Mochishio at San Diego on 10 June 1992
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External links

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