JS Makishio

	JS Makishio
History
Japan
Name	Makishio ; (まきしお);
Ordered	1996
Builder	Mitsubishi, Kobe
Cost	¥52.19 million
Laid down	26 March 1997
Launched	22 September 1999
Commissioned	29 March 2001
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: SS-593
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Oyashio-class submarine
Displacement	2,750 tonnes (surfaced); 4,000 tonnes (submerged);
Length	81.7 m (268 ft 1 in)
Beam	8.9 m (29 ft 2 in)
Draught	7.4 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);
Complement	70 (10 officers)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Sonar: Hughes/Oki ZQQ-6 hull-mounted sonar, flank arrays, 1 towed array; Radar: 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 missiles;

JS Makishio (SS-593) is the fourth boat of the Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 29 March 2001.^[1]

Construction and career[edit]

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 and deployed to Yokosuka.^[2]^[3]

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

The submarine participated in RIMPAC 2019 from 30 March to 29 June 2019, and conducted offshore training and facility use training in the Hawaiian Islands area.^[4]

Gallery[edit]

JS Makishio's sail

Citations[edit]

^ Takao, Ishibashi (2002). All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002. Namiki Shobo.
^ World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History. Gaijinsha. 2004.
^ World Ships Special Edition Vol. 665: History of Maritime Self-Defense Force Submarines. Gaijinsha. 2006.
^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201903/20190319.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

External links[edit]

Media related to JS Makishio (SS-593) at Wikimedia Commons

[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] ttps://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201903/20190319.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

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v t e Oyashio-class submarines
Oyashio Michishio Uzushio Makishio Isoshio Narushio Kuroshio Takashio Yaeshio Setoshio Mochishio
Preceded by: Harushio class Followed by: Sōryū class
Submarines of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force