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History
Japan
Name	Takeshio (たけしお)
Ordered	1983
Builder	Kawasaki, Kobe
Laid down	3 April 1984
Launched	9 February 1986
Commissioned	3 March 1987
Decommissioned	9 March 2005
Homeport	Yokosuka
Identification	Pennant number: SS-580
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Yūshio-class submarine
Displacement	2,250 tonnes (surfaced) 2,500 tonnes (submerged)
Length	76.0 m (249.3 ft)
Beam	9.9 m (32.5 ft)
Draught	7.4 m (24.3 ft)
Propulsion	1-shaft diesel-electric 3,400 shp (2,500 kW) (surfaced) 7,200 shp (5,400 kW) (submerged)
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced) 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (submerged)
Complement	10 officers 65–70 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	Sonar Hughes/Oki ZQQ 5 hull mounted sonar ZQR 1 towed array Radar JRC ZPS 5/6 I-band search radar.
Armament	6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes with reloads for: 1.) Type 89 torpedo 2.) Type 80 ASW Torpedo 3.) UGM-84 Harpoon

JDS Takeshio (SS-580) was a Yūshio-class submarine. She was commissioned on 5 March 1985.

Construction and career

Takeshio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 3 April 1984 and launched on 9 February 1986. She was commissioned on 3 March 1987, into the 2nd Submarine Group in Yokosuka.

Since June 1988, she has participated in the Exercise RIMPAC '88 in 1988 and became the first Japanese submarine to launch the first Harpoon anti-ship missile underwater.

She left Yokosuka on 9 May 1994 and participated in Exercise RIMPAC '94 with JDS Kurama in 1994.

She was decommissioned on 9 March 2006.

In January 2006, she left Yokosuka for Dokai Bay, where the dismantling site is located.

Citations

1. Takao, Ishibashi (2002). 海上自衛隊全艦船 1952-2002. Japan: 並木書房.
2. 世界の艦船 増刊第665集 海上自衛隊潜水艦史. Japan: 海人社. 2006.
3. 世界の艦船 増刊第66集 海上自衛隊全艦艇史. Japan: 海人社. 2004.

• 1986 ships
• Yūshio-class submarines
• Ships built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries