JS Takashio (SS-597) is the eighth boat of the Oyashio-class submarines.

[1] Takashio was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe Shipyard on 30 January 2001 and launched on 1 October 2003.

She was commissioned on 9 March 2005 and deployed to Yokohama.

[2][3] On 10 October 2012, she headed for Hawaii via Guam for training in the United States, and was dispatched until 23 January 2013.

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