JDS Ōshio (SS-561)

Class overview

Name:	Ōshio
Builders:	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Operators:	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by:	Kuroshio Oyashio
Succeeded by:	Asashio-class submarine
Built:	1963–1965
In commission:	1965–1981
Planned:	1
Completed:	1
Retired:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	1,600 long tons (1,626 t) surfaced 2,200 long tons (2,235 t) submerged
Length:	88 m (288 ft 9 in)
Beam:	8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draft:	4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Depth:	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Propulsion:	Diesel-electric, 2 shafts 2,900 BHP (surfaced) 6,300 SHP (submerged)
Speed:	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) submerged
Complement:	83
Armament:	8× 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (6× bow-tube, 2× stern-tube)

JDS Ōshio (SS-561) was in service with Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force. The Ōshio was planned and built to replace the aging Kuroshio.

Boat

Project no.	Building no.	Pennant no.	Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Note
S115	8061	SS-561	Ōshio (おおしお)	29 June 1963	30 April 1964	31 March 1965	Decommissioned 20 August 1981, scrapped

Combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Helicopter Destroyer (DDH)	Haruna Shirane Hyūga Izumo

Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG)	Amatsukaze (DDG-163) Tachikaze Hatakaze Kongō Atago

Destroyer (DD)	Asakaze (DD-181) / Hatakaze (DD-182) (Gleaves) Ariake (DD-183) / Yūgure (DD-184) (Fletcher) Harukaze Akizuki (1959) Hatsuyuki Asagiri Murasame (1994) Takanami Akizuki (2010) Asahi

All Purpose Destroyer (DDA)	Murasame (1958) Takatsuki

Anti Submarine Destroyer (DDK)	Ayanami Yamagumo Minegumo

Destroyer Escort (DE)	Wakaba (DE-261) (Matsu) Asahi (DE-262) / Hatsuhi (DE-263) (Cannon) Akebono (DE-201) Ikazuchi Isuzu Chikugo Ishikari (DE-226) Yubari Abukuma

Patrol Frigate (PF)	Kusu (PF–281) (Tacoma)

Submarine (SS)	Kuroshio (SS-501) Oyashio (SS-511) Hayashio Natsushio Ōshio (SS-561) Asashio Uzushio Yūshio Harushio Oyashio Sōryū

Ocean Minehunters/Minesweepers (MHS)	Yaeyama

Coastal Minehunters/Minesweepers (MHC)	Yashiro (MSC-601) Atada Kasado Takami Hatsushima Awashima

Amphibious Warfare	Ōsumi (LST-4001) / Shimokita (LST-4002) / Shiretoko (LST-4003) (LST-542) Atsumi Miura Ōsumi

List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force List of ships of the Japanese Navy

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