Japanese submarine Ro-39
- Displacement
- 1,115 long tons (1,133 t)
- Length
- 80.5 m (264.1 ft)
- Beam
- 7 m (23 ft)
- Speed
- 19.8 knots (36.6 km/h, 22.7 mph)
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Service
- as Submarine No. 20512 September 1943 — 30 April 1944229 days of the war
- Name
- Ro-39
- Builder
- Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo, Japan
- Laid down
- 8 August 1942
- Launched
- 6 March 1943
- Commissioned
- 12 September 1943
- Struck
- 30 April 1944
- Fate
- Sunk 1 February 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,115 long tons (1,133 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,447 long tons (1,470 t)
- Length
- 80.5 m (264.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 7 m (23 ft)
- Draught
- 4.07 m (13.4 ft)
- Speed
- 19.8 knots (36.6 km/h, 22.7 mph)
- Range
- 5,000 nmi (9,260 km)
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Ro-39 was a submarine of the Kaichū type submarine (K6 subclass) of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo, Japan on 8 August 1942. Launched on 6 March 1943, she entered service on 12 September 1943.
The boat displaced 1,115 long tons surfaced and 1,447 long tons submerged. She measured 80.5 m (264 ft) long with a beam of 7 m (23 ft). Her designed speed was 19.8 knots.
Her main battery was one 76 mm (3 in) guns. Her machinery developed 4,200 bhp.
She was in commission for 229 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 30 April 1944.
She was sunk on 1 February 1944, at 9°24′N 170°32′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
- 4200 bhp (diesel)
- 1200 hp (electric motor)
- Armament
- 4 × bow 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 1 × 76.2 mm L/40 anti-aircraft gun
- 2 × single 25 mm AA guns
Sister ships
- Japanese submarine Ro-31
- Japanese submarine Ro-33
- Japanese submarine Ro-34
- Japanese submarine Ro-35
- Japanese submarine Ro-36
- Japanese submarine Ro-37
- Japanese submarine Ro-38
- Japanese submarine Ro-40
- Japanese submarine Ro-41
- Japanese submarine Ro-42
- Japanese submarine Ro-43
- Japanese submarine Ro-44
- Japanese submarine Ro-45
- Japanese submarine Ro-46
- Japanese submarine Ro-47
- Japanese submarine Ro-48
- Japanese submarine Ro-49
- Japanese submarine Ro-50
- Japanese submarine Ro-55 (1944)
- Japanese submarine Ro-56 (1944)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine Ro-39 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.