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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 | |
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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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