EXHIBITION HALL
Facilities
AKISHIO, submarine for exhibition
Launched in 1985,YUSHIO-type submarine”AKISHIO” fulfilled various missions. After decommissioned in March,2004 and salvaged by Japan’s largest crane ship in November of the same year,AKISIO is dis-played in Kure Museum.
History
| Apr.15,1983 | Laid the keel in Mitsubishi Heavy Indusrries,Ltd. Kobe Shipyard&Machinery Works |
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| Jan.22,1985 | Naming and Launching ceremony |
| Mar.5,1986 | Commissioned,assigned to 1st Submarine Squadron 1st Submarine Flotilla |
| Jun.8,1990 | Transferred to 5th Submarine Squadron |
| Mar.3,2004 | Decommissioned |
Outline
| Standard Displacement | 2,250t | Main machinery | 2 Diesels 1Main motor |
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| Length | 76.2m | Horse power | 3,400PS surfaced 7,200 submerged |
| Beam | 9.9m | Speed | 20knots(submerged) |
| Draft | 10.2m | Main armament | Submerged torpedo tube Snorkel |
| Hull form | Double-hull structure(Teardrop type) | Complement | 75 |