Japanese submarine I-53 (1925)
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I-53, later I-153 (伊号第五三潜水艦, I-gō Dai-Hyaku-gojūsan sensuikan), later I-153 , was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaidai-class cruiser submarine of the KD3A sub-class commissioned in 1927. During World War II, she supported Japanese forces during the invasion of British Malaya in December 1941 and the Dutch East Indies campaign in early 1942. She served as a training submarine until she was hulked in January 1944. She surrendered to the Allies at the end of the war in 1945. She was either scuttled in 1946 or scrapped in 1948.
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Name | Submarine No. 64 |
Builder | Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan |
Laid down | 1 April 1924 |
Renamed | I-53 on 1 November 1924 |
Launched | 5 August 1925 |
Completed | 30 March 1927 |
Commissioned | 30 March 1927 |
Renamed | I-153 on 20 May 1942 |
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Class and type | Kaidai-class submarine (KD3A Type) |
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Length | 100 m (328 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
Draft | 4.82 m (15 ft 10 in) |
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Test depth | 60 m (197 ft) |
Complement | 60 |
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