JDS ''Okishio'' (SS-576) was a . She was commissioned on 1 March 1983.

Construction and career

''Okishio'' was

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Shipyard on 17 April 1980 and launched on 5 March 1982. She was commissioned on 1 March 1983, into the 2nd Submarine Group in

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. She later participated in

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dispatch training from 9 September to 3 December 1985. From 1 July to 30 November 1987, she undergone additional equipment work on the towed sonar (S-TASS). This will increase her standard displacement by about 100 tonnes. She participated in Hawaii dispatch training from August 4 to November 5, 1988. On 12 March 1997, she was transferred as the 1st submarine of the 1st Submarine Group, and her homeport was transferred to

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. On 29 March 2001, she was reclassified as a training submarine, her hull number changed to TSS-3603, and she was transferred to the Fleet Submarine 1st Training Submarine. She was decommissioned on 4 March 2003.

Citations

{{DEFAULTSORT:Okishio (SS-576) 1982 ships Yūshio-class submarines Ships built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries