Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War

Imperial Japanese Navy — Submarine class

Kaidai-class submarine

The class in numbers

  • 10 Planned
  • 10 Lost

Design and service

Type
Submarine
Navy
Imperial Japanese Navy
Built
1939–1943
In commission
1942–1944

Class specifications

Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.

As built
Displacement, surfaced
1,575 long tons (1,600 t)
Displacement, submerged
2,330 long tons (2,367 t)
Length
97.7 m (320.5 ft)
Speed
20.5 knots (38 km/h, 23.6 mph)
Complement
60
Main gun
120 mm (4.7 in)
Armament
  • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 × bow, 2 × stern)
  • 16 × Type 89 torpedo
  • 1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) or 120 mm (4.7 in)
  • 1 × 12.7 mm AA gun
  • 1 × 7.7 mm MG
Fit 2
Displacement, surfaced
1,630 long tons (1,656 t)
Displacement, submerged
2,602 long tons (2,644 t)
Length
105.5 m (346.1 ft)
Speed
23.1 knots (42.8 km/h, 26.6 mph)
Complement
86
Main gun
120 mm (4.7 in)
Armament
  • 6 × 533 mm TTs
  • (6 × bow)
  • 12 × Type 95 torpedoes
  • 1 × 120 mm L/40 11th Year Type Naval gun
  • 2 × Type 96 25mm AA guns

Roster

Vessel Pennant Commissioned Fate
Japanese submarine I-152 1925 Scrapped 1942
Japanese submarine I-153 1927 Scuttled 1944
Japanese submarine I-154 1927 Scuttled 1946
Japanese submarine I-155 1927 Scuttled 1945
Japanese submarine I-156 1928 Scuttled 1945
Japanese submarine I-157 1929 Scuttled 1945
Japanese submarine I-158 1928 Scuttled 1945
Japanese submarine I-159 1930 Scuttled 1946
Japanese submarine I-165 1931 Sunk 1945
Japanese submarine I-166 1932 Sunk 1944
Japanese submarine I-52 (1923) 1923 1925 Scrapped 1942
Japanese submarine I-53 (1925) 1925 1927 Scuttled 1944
Japanese submarine I-54 (1926) 1926 1927 Scuttled 1946
Japanese submarine I-55 (1925) 1925 1927 Scuttled 1945
Japanese submarine I-57 1929 Scuttled 1945
Japanese submarine I-58 (1925) 1925 1928 Scuttled 1945
Japanese submarine I-59 1930 Scuttled 1946
Japanese submarine I-60 1929 Sunk 1942
Japanese submarine I-65 1931 Sunk 1945
Japanese submarine I-66 1932 Sunk 1944

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