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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Setoshio (SS-599) 2005 ships Oyashio-class submarines Ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries