JS ''Narushio'' (SS-595) is the sixth boat of the s. She was commissioned on 3 March 2003.

Construction and career

''Narushio'' 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 ...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group and its automobile division is the predecessor of Mitsubishi Mo ...

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...

Shipyard on 2 April 1999 and launched on 4 October 2001. She was commissioned on 3 March 2003 and deployed to

Yokosuka is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has a population of 409,478, and a population density of . The total area is . Yokosuka is the 11th most populous city in the Greater Tokyo Area, and the 12th in the Kantō region. The city ...

. The vessel participated in the major

naval exercise A military exercise or war game is the employment of military resources in training for military operations, either exploring the effects of warfare or testing strategies without actual combat. This also serves the purpose of ensuring the comb ...

s RIMPAC 2004 and RIMPAC 2008.

Gallery

File:Narushio (SS 595).jpg, JS ''Narushio'' at

Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It was often visited by the Naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Re ...

on 22 June 2004. File:JS Narushio (SS-595) at Pearl Harbor, -22 Jun. 2004 a.jpg, JS ''Narushio'' at Pearl Harbor on 22 June 2004. File:US Navy 080626-N-6674H-041 The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force submarine JS Narushio (SS 595) arrives at Naval Station Pearl Harbor for Rim of the Pacific exercise (RIMPAC) 2008.jpg, JS ''Narushio'' at Pearl Harbor on 22 June 2004. File:US Navy 080626-N-6674H-022 The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force submarine JS Narushio (SS 595) arrives at Naval Station Pearl Harbor for Rim of the Pacific exercise (RIMPAC) 2008.jpg, JS ''Narushio'' at Pearl Harbor on 26 June 2008. File:JMSDF submarine Narushio.jpg, JS ''Narushio'' at Pearl Harbor on 26 June 2008. File:Narushio (SS-595) geopend voor publiek in de marinebasis Hanshin, -4 juni 2017 a.jpg, JS ''Narushio'' at

Hanshin , derived from the second kanji from and the first kanji from (but in ''on''-reading instead of ''kun''-reading), refers generally to Osaka, Kobe, and the surrounding area in the Kansai region of Japan. In the context of a region of Hyōgo ...

on 4 June 2017.

Citations

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Narushio (SS-595) 2001 ships Oyashio-class submarines Ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries