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

Japanese submarine Ha-105

Ha-101-class submarine

Japanese submarine Ha-105
United States Navy — The Maru Special No.111 Imperial Japanese Naval Vessels in postwar — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate HIJMS Ha-105 , Ha-106 and Ha-109

Service

  1. Imperial Japanese Navy as Small Supply Submarine No. 460519 February 1945 — 2 September 1945195 days of the war
Ha-101-class submarine Particulars
Name
Ha-105
Builder
Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan
Laid down
29 June 1944
Launched
31 October 1944
Commissioned
19 February 1945
Fate
Surrendered 2 September 1945
Stricken 30 November 1945
Scuttled 1 April 1946 (1945)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
429 long tons (436 t)
Displacement, submerged
493 long tons (501 t)
Length
44.5 m (146 ft)
Beam
6.1 m (20 ft)
Draught
4.04 m (13.3 ft)
Speed
10 knots (18.5 km/h, 11.5 mph)
Range
3,000 nmi (5,556 km)
Complement
22
Main gun
25 mm (1 in)

Ha-105 was a Ha-101-class submarine built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan laid her keel on 29 June 1944. Launched on 31 October 1944, she entered service on 19 February 1945.

Ten ships of the class were built.

The boat displaced 429 long tons surfaced and 493 long tons submerged. She measured 44.5 m (146 ft) long with a beam of 6.1 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 10 knots, and she carried a complement of 22.

Her main battery was one 25 mm (1.0 in) guns. Her machinery developed 400 bhp.

She was in commission for 195 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled on 2 September 1945, at 32°37′N 129°17′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 engines
  • 1 × electric motor
Power
  • 400 bhp (diesels)
  • 150 hp (electric motor)
Armament
  • 1 × single 25 mm Type 96 anti-aircraft gun

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from Japanese submarine Ha-105 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: United States Navy — The Maru Special No.111 Imperial Japanese Naval Vessels in postwar — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons