I-52-class submarine
Cargo submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cargo submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Type C3 submarine (巡潜丙型改潜水艦, Junsen Hei-gata kai sensuikan, "Cruiser submarine type C modified"), also called I-52-class submarine (伊五十二型潜水艦, I-go-jū-ni-gata sensuikan) were operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by Mitsubishi Corporation, between 1943 and 1944, as cargo carriers.
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Builders | Mitsubishi |
Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Preceded by | Type C submarine |
Built | 1942–1944 |
In commission | 1943–1945 |
Planned | 20 |
Completed | 3 |
Lost | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement |
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Length | 356 ft 6 in (108.66 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
Draft | 16 ft 9 in (5.11 m) |
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Speed |
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Range | 21,000 nmi (39,000 km) at 16 kn (30 km/h) |
Test depth | 100 m (330 ft) |
Complement | 94 officers and men |
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The Japanese constructed only three of these during World War II, although twenty were planned.[1]
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