JDS ''Arashio'' (SS-565) was the fourth boat of the s. She was commissioned on 25 July 1969.

Construction and career

''Arashio'' was

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Shipyard on 5 July 1967 and launched on 24 October 1968. She was commissioned on 25 July 1969, into the 1st Submarine Group Joined the 2nd Submarine. She participated in dispatch training in

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from September 6 to November 24, 1972. On 27 March 1985, she became the flagship of the 1st Submarine Group. She was decommissioned on 27 March 1986 and scrapped by Furusawa Steel in 1989.

Gallery

File:428-GX-USN-1155155 (28432664268).jpg, JDS ''Arashio'' in Pearl Harbor in November 1972 File:Japanese submarine Arashio (SS-565) at Pearl Harbor c1972.jpg, JDS ''Arashio'' in Pearl Harbor in November 1972 File:JS Arashio (SS-565), JS Tokachi (DE-218), and JS Ōi (DE-214) in Apra Harbor, -1 Apr. 1984 d.jpg, ''Arashio'', and in

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on 1 April 1984

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Arashio (SS-565) 1968 ships Asashio-class submarines Ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries