Japanese submarine I-373
Type D2 submarine
- Displacement
- 1,660 long tons (1,687 t)
- Length
- 74 m (242.8 ft)
- Beam
- 8.9 m (29.2 ft)
- Speed
- 13 knots (24.1 km/h, 15 mph)
- Complement
- 55
- Main gun
- 81 mm (3.2 in)
Service
- as Submarine No. 296214 April 1945 — 15 September 1945141 days of the war
- Name
- I-373
- Builder
- Yokosuka Navy Yard, Yokosuka, Japan
- Laid down
- 15 August 1944
- Launched
- 30 November 1944
- Commissioned
- 14 April 1945
- Struck
- 15 September 1945
- Fate
- Sunk 14 August 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,660 long tons (1,687 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,240 long tons (2,276 t)
- Length
- 74 m (242.8 ft) OA
- Beam
- 8.9 m (29.2 ft)
- Draught
- 5.05 m (16.6 ft)
- Speed
- 13 knots (24.1 km/h, 15 mph)
- Range
- 5,000 nmi (9,260 km)
- Complement
- 55
- Main gun
- 81 mm (3.2 in)
I-373 was a Type D2 submarine, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Yokosuka Navy Yard, Yokosuka, Japan laid her keel on 15 August 1944. Launched on 30 November 1944, she entered service on 14 April 1945.
The boat displaced 1,660 long tons surfaced and 2,240 long tons submerged. She measured 74 m (243 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 two 81 mm (3.2 in) guns.
She was in commission for 141 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 15 September 1945.
She was sunk on 14 August 1945, at 29°02′N 123°53′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
- 1,750 bhp surfaced
- 1,200 shp submerged
- 2 shafts
- Armament
- 2 × 81 mm Type 3 mortars
- 7 × Type 96 25mm AA guns
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-373 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.