JS ''Setoshio'' (SS-599) is the tenth boat of the s. She was commissioned on 28 February 2007.

Construction and career

''Setoshio'' was

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Shipyard on 23 January 2003 and launched on 5 October 2005. She was commissioned on 28 February 2007 and deployed to

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. On 22 August 2014, she left

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to participate in the US dispatch training, stayed in the

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area from mid-September to late October to carry out various trainings, and returned to Yokosuka on 22 November. From 14 January 2021 to 1 April 2021, the submarine participated in a second US dispatch training, which was held in the waters from Japan to the Hawaiian Islands. During the period, with the cooperation of the

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, offshore training and facility use training will be conducted to improve tactical skills.https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202101/20210113.pdf

Gallery

File:Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine Yaeshio ss598.jpg, JS ''Yaeshio'' at

on 11 July 2005. File:JS Yaeshio (SS-598) at SDF Fleet Review 2006 a.jpg, JS ''Yaeshio'' during JMSDF Fleet Review in 2006. File:JS Yaeshio (SS-598) at SDF Fleet Review 2006 b.jpg, JS ''Yaeshio'' during JMSDF Fleet Review in 2006.

Citations

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