Japanese submarine I-183
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I-183 (originally I-83) was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaidai type cruiser submarine of the KD7 sub-class commissioned in 1943. During World War II, she was sunk with all hands by United States Navy fleet submarine in April 1944.
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Name | Submarine No. 161 |
Builder | Kawasaki Dockyard Company, Kobe, Japan |
Laid down | 26 December 1941 |
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Launched | 21 January 1943 |
Completed | 3 October 1943 |
Fate | Sunk by USS Pogy, 29 April 1944 |
Stricken | 30 August 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 (262 ft) |
Complement | 86 |
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