Asashio class submarine

Arashio alongside in Apra Harbor on 1 April 1984
Class overview
Name:	Asashio
Builders:	Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Operators:	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by:	Ōshio
Succeeded by:	Uzushio class
Built:	1964−1969
In commission:	1966−1986
Planned:	4
Completed:	4
Retired:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	1,650 long tons (1,676 t) surfaced 2,250 long tons (2,286 t) submerged
Length:	88 m (288 ft 9 in)
Beam:	8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draft:	4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)
Depth:	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Propulsion:	Diesel-electric, 2 shafts 2,900 bhp (2,200 kW) (surfaced) 6,300 shp (4,700 kW) (submerged)
Speed:	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) submerged
Complement:	80
Armament:	8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (6 × bow-tube, 2 × stern-tube)

The Asashio-class submarine is a submarine class of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. This class is the successor of Ōshio.