Japanese submarine Ro-106
- Displacement
- 601 long tons (611 t)
- Length
- 60.9 m (199.8 ft)
- Beam
- 6 m (19.7 ft)
- Speed
- 14.2 knots (26.3 km/h, 16.3 mph)
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Service
- as Submarine No. 21626 December 1942 — 10 August 1944593 days of the war
- Name
- Ro-106
- Builder
- Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan
- Laid down
- 17 December 1941
- Launched
- 30 May 1942
- Commissioned
- 26 December 1942
- Struck
- 10 August 1944
- Fate
- Sunk 22 May 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 601 long tons (611 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 782 long tons (795 t)
- Length
- 60.9 m (199.8 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6 m (19.7 ft)
- Draught
- 3.51 m (11.5 ft)
- Speed
- 14.2 knots (26.3 km/h, 16.3 mph)
- Range
- 3,500 nmi (6,482 km)
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Ro-106 was a Ro-100-class submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan on 17 December 1941. She entered service on 26 December 1942, having been launched on 30 May 1942.
Her class ran to 18 ships.
The boat displaced 601 long tons surfaced and 782 long tons submerged. She measured 60.9 m (200 ft) long with a beam of 6 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 14.2 knots. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.
Her machinery developed 1,000 bhp.
She was in commission for 593 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 August 1944.
She was sunk on 22 May 1944, at 9°03′S 158°11′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 engine
- 1 × electric motor
- Power
- 1000 bhp (diesel)
- 760 hp (electric motor)
- Armament
- 4 × bow 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 2 × 25 mm Type 96 anti-aircraft guns or 1 × 76.2 mm L/40 AA gun
Sister ships
- Japanese submarine Ro-100
- Japanese submarine Ro-101
- Japanese submarine Ro-102
- Japanese submarine Ro-103
- Japanese submarine Ro-104
- Japanese submarine Ro-105
- Japanese submarine Ro-107
- Japanese submarine Ro-108
- Japanese submarine Ro-109
- Japanese submarine Ro-110
- Japanese submarine Ro-111
- Japanese submarine Ro-112
- Japanese submarine Ro-113
- Japanese submarine Ro-114
- Japanese submarine Ro-115
- Japanese submarine Ro-116
- Japanese submarine Ro-117
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine Ro-106 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.