Japanese submarine Ro-41
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Ro-41 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaichū type submarine of the K6 sub-class. Completed and commissioned in November 1943, she served in World War II and conducted six war patrols, sinking a destroyer escort USS Shelton (DE-407) on one of them, before she was sunk in March 1945.
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Name | Submarine No. 207 |
Builder | Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan |
Laid down | 6 October 1942 |
Launched | 5 May 1943 |
Renamed | Ro-41 on 5 May 1943 |
Completed | 26 November 1943 |
Commissioned | 26 November 1943 |
Fate | Sunk 23 March 1945 |
Stricken | 25 May 1945 |
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Class and type | Kaichū type submarine (K6 subclass) |
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Length | 80.5 m (264 ft 1 in) overall |
Beam | 7 m (23 ft 0 in) |
Draft | 4.07 m (13 ft 4 in) |
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Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
Crew | 61 |
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