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Diesel-electric submarine JS Uzushio (SS-592)

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Classification

Ship class:
Oyashio-class submarine
Type:
Attack submarine (SSN, SSK)

Basic information

Operator:
Japan Maritime Self-Defense ForceJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Country of build:
Builder:
Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:
2,750 t
Submerged displacement:
4,000 t
Length:
81.7 m
Beam:
8.9 m
Draft:
7.4 m

Machine

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
Submerged speed:
20 knots

Personnel

Complement:
70

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • Hughes/Oki ZQQ-6 hull-mounted sonar
  • flank arrays
  • Towed array sonar
  • JRC ZPS 6 I-band search radar
Armament:

6 * HU-605 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes with 20 reloads for:

  • Type 89 torpedoes
  • UGM-84 Harpoon
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