National Archives #80-G-339860
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Tonnage |
1440 tons standard |
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Dimensions |
239'6" by 29'2" by 15'7" |
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Maximum speed |
13 knots surfaced |
| Dive | to 250 feet to 75 meters |
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Complement |
60 crew 110 passengers |
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Armament |
1 5.5"/40
gun 2 25mm/60 AA guns |
| Machinery |
2-shaft diesel (1850 bhp) or
electric (1200 shp) |
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Range |
15,000 nautical miles (28,000km) at 10 knots surfaced |
| Cargo | 82 tons |
| Modifications | In 194445, I-361, I-363, and I-366 through I-370 were converted to Kaiten carriers (capable of carrying five Kaiten apiece) after removing the 5.5" gun. |
The D1s were transport submarines (Tei-gata) equipped with a pair of 13m Daihatsu landing boats, four rubber dinghies, and two electric cargo cranes. They were originally equipped with bow torpedo tubes, but these were removed and the bow lengthened to reduce the bow wave (which made the boats handle poorly) and the conning towers were remodeled to reduce the radar signature.
An additional 92 units were planned, but were
never laid down due to the shortage of steel and a shift in
priorities to convoy escort vessels.
| I-362 | Completed 1944-5-23 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | Sunk 1945-1-13 off Truk by Fleming |
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Completed 1944-5-25 (Kure) |
Sunk 1945-5-30 off Okinawa
by aircraft from Anzio |
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| I-364 | Completed 1944-6-14 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | Torpedoed 1944-9-15 off Yokosuka by Sea Devil |
| I-363 | Completed 1944-7-8 (Kure) | |
| I-365 | Completed 1944-8-1 (Yokosuka) | Torpedoed 1944-11-28 off Yokosuka by Scabbardfish |
| I-366 | Completed 1944-8-3 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | |
| I-367 | Completed 1944-8-15 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | |
| I-368 | Completed 1944-8-25 (Yokosuka) | Sunk 1945-2-27 off Iwo Jima by aircraft from Anzio |
| I-370 | Completed 1944-9-4 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | Sunk 1945-2-26 off Iwo Jima by Finnegan |
| I-371 | Completed 1944-10-2 (Mitsubishi-Kobe) | Torpedoed 1945-2-24 off Bungo Suido by Lagarto |
| I-369 | Completed 1944-10-9 (Yokosuka) |
References
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
Materials of
IJN (accessed 2010-1-8)
The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia © 2007, 2010 by Kent G. Budge. Index
