Submarine class
Kairyū-class submarine
The class in numbers
- 760 Planned
- 200 Completed
- 2 Preserved
Design and service
- Type
- Submarine
- Built
- 1943-1945
- In commission
- 1943-1945
- Preceded by
- Kō-hyōteki-class submarine
- Succeeded by
- Kaiten
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
As built
- Length
- 17.2 m (56.4 ft)
- Armament
- 2 × 450 mm torpedoes and a 600 kg explosive charge
Sources
- Facts harvested from Kairyū-class submarine on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.