Engineering:JDS Sachishio (SS-582)

Short description: Yūshio-class submarines

History
Japan
Name:	Sachishio (さちしお)
Ordered:	1985
Builder:	Kawasaki, Kobe
Laid down:	11 April 1986
Launched:	17 February 1988
Commissioned:	24 March 1989
Decommissioned:	14 April 2006
Homeport:	Yokosuka
Identification:	Pennant number: SS-582
Fate:	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type:	Yūshio-class submarine
Displacement:	2,250 tonnes (surfaced) 2,500 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 Sachishio (SS-582) was aYūshio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 24 March 1989.

Construction and career

Sachishio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 11 April 1986 and launched on 17 February 1988. She was commissioned on 24 March 1989, into the 2nd Submarine Group in Yokosuka.

Participated in Hawaii dispatch training from August 8 to November 28, 1990.

She participated in Hawaii dispatch training from January 18 to April 20, 1993.

On 4 March 2003, she was transferred as the 6th submarine (Yokosuka) of the 2nd Submarine Group.

In December 2007, she was dismantled at Etajima.