JS ''Isoshio'' (SS-594) is the fifth boat of the s. She was
commissioned on 14 March 2002.
Construction and career
''Isoshio'' was
laid down
Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction. It is often marked with a ceremony attended by dignitaries from the shipbuilding company and the ultimate owners of the ship.
Keel laying is one o ...
at
Kawasaki Heavy Industries
(or simply Kawasaki) is a Japanese Public company, public multinational corporation manufacturer of motorcycles, engines, Heavy equipment (construction), heavy equipment, aerospace and Military, defense equipment, rolling stock and ships, headq ...
Kobe
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Shipyard on 9 March 1998 and
launched on 27 November 2000. She was
commissioned on 14 March 2002 and deployed to
Kure
is a port and major shipbuilding city situated on the Seto Inland Sea in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. With a strong industrial and naval heritage, Kure hosts the second-oldest naval dockyard in Japan and remains an important base for the Japan M ...
.
On 30 July 2003, she left Kure for
RIMPAC 2003 in the
United States
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and returned to Kure in late October.
Gallery
File:SS-594 いそしお (1).jpg, JS ''Isoshio'' underway.
File:SS-594 いそしお (2).jpg, JS ''Isoshio'' underway.
File:SS-594 いそしお (3).jpg, JS ''Isoshio'' underway.
File:いそしお.jpg, JS ''Isoshio'' on 11 December 2016.
Citations
External links
2000 ships
Oyashio-class submarines
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Ships built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries