Japanese submarine Ha-103
- Displacement
- 429 long tons (436 t)
- Length
- 44.5 m (146 ft)
- Beam
- 6.1 m (20 ft)
- Speed
- 10 knots (18.5 km/h, 11.5 mph)
- Complement
- 22
- Main gun
- 25 mm (1 in)
Service
- as Small Supply Submarine No. 46033 February 1945 — 2 September 1945211 days of the war
- Name
- Ha-103
- Builder
- Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan
- Laid down
- 29 June 1944
- Launched
- 21 October 1944
- Commissioned
- 3 February 1945
- Fate
- Surrendered 2 September 1945
Stricken 30 November 1945
Scuttled 1 April 1946 (1945) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 429 long tons (436 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 493 long tons (501 t)
- Length
- 44.5 m (146 ft)
- Beam
- 6.1 m (20 ft)
- Draught
- 4.04 m (13.3 ft)
- Speed
- 10 knots (18.5 km/h, 11.5 mph)
- Range
- 3,000 nmi (5,556 km)
- Complement
- 22
- Main gun
- 25 mm (1 in)
Ha-103 was a Ha-101-class submarine in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan laid her keel on 29 June 1944. Launched on 21 October 1944, she entered service on 3 February 1945.
Ten ships of the class were built.
The boat displaced 429 long tons surfaced and 493 long tons submerged. She measured 44.5 m (146 ft) long with a beam of 6.1 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 10 knots, and she carried a complement of 22.
Her main battery was one 25 mm (1.0 in) guns. Her machinery developed 400 bhp.
She was in commission for 211 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 2 September 1945, at 32°30′N 128°40′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Diesel-electric
- 1 × diesel engines
- 1 × electric motor
- Power
- 400 bhp (diesels)
- 150 hp (electric motor)
- Armament
- 1 × single 25 mm Type 96 anti-aircraft gun
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine Ha-103 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.