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Tonnage |
1630 tons standard displacement 1833 tons surfaced 2602 tons submerged |
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Dimensions |
336'7" by 21'1" by 15'1" 102.59m by 6.43m by 4.60m |
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Maximum speed |
23.1 knots (surfaced) 8 knots (submerged) |
| Dive | to 260 feet to 80 meters |
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Complement |
88 |
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Armament |
1 5"/50
dual-purpose gun 1x2 25mm/60 AA guns 6 21" torpedo tubes (12 torpedoes) |
| Machinery |
2-shaft diesel (8000 hp) or
electric (1800 hp) |
| Range | 8000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 16 knots surfaced 50 nautical miles (90 km) at 5 knots submerged |
| Modifications |
1943: I-176, I-177, and I-181 converted to transports by removing the 4.7" gun and some torpedo reloads and providing fittings for a Daihatsu landing craft. |
The KD7s were improved KD6Bs, with the tubes
concentrated forward. They were originally to
have four 25mm AA guns, but two were replaced with the 5" gun.
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I-176 |
Completed 1942-8-4 |
Sunk 1944-5-17 near 146.5E 4.0S by Franks,
Haggard, and Johnston |
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I-177 |
Completed 1942-12-28 |
Sunk 1944-10-3 off Angaur
by Samuel B. Miles |
| I-178 | Completed 1942-12-26 | Sunk 1943-5-28 off Espiritu Santo by SC-669 |
| I-179 | Completed 1943-6-18 | Sunk accidentally 1943-7-14 off Akizaki |
| I-180 | Completed 1943-1-15 | Sunk 1944-4-26 off Kodiak by Gilmore |
| I-181 | Completed 1943-5-24 | Sunk 1944-1-16 off New Guinea |
| I-182 | Completed 1943-5-10 | Sunk 1943-9-1 off Espiritu Santo by Wadsworth |
| I-183 | Completed 1943-10-31 | Torpedoed 1944-4-29 near 133.0E 32.1N by Pogy |
| I-184 | Completed 1943-10-15 | Sunk 1944-6-15 off Guam by aircraft from Suwanee |
| I-185 | Completed 1943-9-23 | Sunk 1944-6-22 off Saipan by Newcomb and Chandler |
References
CombinedFleet.com
(accessed 2 January 2007)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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