Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Imperial Japanese Navy — Submarine

Japanese submarine Ha-106

Ha-101-class submarine

Japanese submarine Ha-106
United States Navy — The Maru Special No.111 Imperial Japanese Naval Vessels in postwar — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate HIJMS Ha-105 , Ha-106 and Ha-109

Service

  1. Imperial Japanese Navy as Small Supply Submarine No. 460615 December 1944 — 2 September 1945261 days of the war
Ha-101-class submarine Particulars
Name
Ha-106
Builder
Kawasaki, Senshu and Kobe, Japan
Laid down
1 July 1944
Launched
30 October 1944
Commissioned
15 December 1944
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-106 was a Ha-101-class submarine in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Kawasaki, Senshu and Kobe, Japan on 1 July 1944. She entered service on 15 December 1944, having been launched on 30 October 1944.

She was one of ten ships of her class.

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 261 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 2 September 1945, at 32°37′N 129°17′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-106 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: United States Navy — The Maru Special No.111 Imperial Japanese Naval Vessels in postwar — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons