Japanese submarine I-179
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The Japanese submarine I-179 (originally I-79) was a Kaidai type cruiser submarine of the KD7 sub-class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1940s. She was lost with all hands when a valve was accidentally left open during her sea trials in July 1943. Her wreck was later salvaged and scrapped in 1957.
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Sister ship I-176 at sea, 1942 | |
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Name | I-179 |
Builder | Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Kobe |
Laid down | 21 August 1941, as Submarine No. 157 |
Launched | 16 July 1942 |
Completed | 18 June 1943 |
Renamed | 1 November 1941, as I-179 |
Stricken | 15 April 1944 |
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Class and type | Kaidai type, KD7-class |
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Length | 105.5 m (346 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
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Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
Complement | 86 |
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