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

Japanese submarine I-365

Type D1 submarine

Displacement
1,440 long tons (1,463 t)
Length
73.5 m (241.1 ft)
Beam
8.9 m (29.2 ft)
Speed
13 knots (24.1 km/h, 15 mph)
Complement
55
Main gun
140 mm (5.5 in)

Service

  1. Imperial Japanese Navy as Submarine No. 54651 August 1944 — 10 March 1945221 days of the war
Type D1 submarine Particulars
Name
I-365
Builder
Yokosuka Navy Yard, Yokosuka, Japan
Laid down
15 May 1943
Launched
17 December 1943
Commissioned
1 August 1944
Struck
10 March 1945
Fate
Sunk, 29 November 1944 (1944)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,440 long tons (1,463 t)
Displacement, submerged
2,215 long tons (2,251 t)
Length
73.5 m (241.1 ft) OA
Beam
8.9 m (29.2 ft)
Draught
4.76 m (15.6 ft)
Speed
13 knots (24.1 km/h, 15 mph)
Range
15,000 nmi (27,780 km)
Complement
55
Main gun
140 mm (5.5 in)

I-365 was a Type D1 submarine, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Yokosuka Navy Yard, Yokosuka, Japan on 15 May 1943. Launched on 17 December 1943, she entered service on 1 August 1944.

The boat displaced 1,440 long tons surfaced and 2,215 long tons submerged. She measured 73.5 m (241 ft) long with a beam of 8.9 m (29 ft). Her designed speed was 13 knots, and she carried a complement of 55.

Her main battery was one 140 mm (5.5 in) guns.

She was in commission for 221 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 March 1945.

She was sunk on 29 November 1944, at 34°44′N 141°01′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
  • 2 × Kampon Mk.23B Model 8 diesels
  • 1,850 bhp surfaced
  • 1,200 shp submerged
  • 2 shafts
Armament
  • 1 × 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun
  • 2 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns

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