- Development
- Service history
- See also
- External links
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}} | Oyashio (SS-511) was a submarine of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, named after the Oyashio Current, a cold current that comes down through the Bering Strait. DevelopmentFollowing the loan of the {{sclass-|Gato|submarine|1}} {{USS|Mingo|SS-261|6}} as an underwater target in 1955, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force proposed the construction of three new classes of submarine, of 250, 500 and 1000 tons. In the end only the third of these classes was built, and the final weight grew to 1140 tons. Having had a vast submarine fleet before and during World War II, the Japanese had built no subs for over ten years, so JDS Oyashio was based on the wartime Imperial Japanese Navy I-201 with some US innovations. Laid down on 25 December 1957, and launched on 25 May 1959, Oyashio was commissioned on 30 June 1960. Service historyOn 1 August 1962 Oyashio was assigned to Subron 1, Kure district. In June–August 1963 she visited Pearl Harbor. Assigned to Subron 2, Submarine Flotilla 1 on 1 February 1965. Assigned to Submarine Flotilla 1 on 31 March 1975. Oyashio was finally decommissioned on 30 September 1976. See also- Oyashio Current
- {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Oyashio||2}}, a {{sclass-|Kagerō|destroyer}} sunk in the Solomon Islands in 1943
- JDS Oyashio (SS-590), an {{sclass-|Oyashio|submarine|1}} commissioned in 1998.
- Imperial Japanese Navy {{sclass-|I-201|submarine|1}}
- {{sclass-|Hayashio|submarine|1}}
External links- Photos of SS-511 #1
- Photos of SS-511 #2
- Photos of SS-511 #3
- Photos of SS-511 #4
- Photos of SS-511 #5
- SS-511 JDS Oyashio (seaforces.org)
- Enders P. Huey Papers (#714), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. Specifications of SS-511.
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls1Ay2i0f3Q JDS Oyashio launched Video on Youtube]
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