title: JS Isoshio
text: # JS Isoshio
  
  JS Isoshio (SS-594) is the fifth boat of the Oyashio-class submarines. She was commissioned on 14 March 2002.
  
  ## Construction and career
  
  Isoshio was laid down at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 9 March 1998 and launched on 27 November 2000. She was commissioned on 14 March 2002 and deployed to Kure.
  
  On 30 July 2003, she left Kure for RIMPAC 2003 in the United States and returned to Kure in late October.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * JS Isoshio underway.
  * JS Isoshio underway.
  * JS Isoshio underway.
  * JS Isoshio on 11 December 2016.
  
  ## Citations
  
  * ↑ Takao, Ishibashi (2002). All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002. Namiki Shobo.
  * ↑ World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History. Gaijinsha. 2004.
  * ↑ World Ships Special Edition Vol. 665: History of Maritime Self-Defense Force Submarines. Gaijinsha. 2006.
  