JS Isoshio

JS Isoshio is the fifth boat of the s. 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.