Japanese submarine I-157
Service
- as I-5724 December 1929 — September 19452,193 days of the war
- Name
- I-157
- Builder
- Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan
- Laid down
- 8 July 1927
- Launched
- 1 October 1928
- Commissioned
- 24 December 1929
- Decommissioned
- 15 November 1930
- Recommissioned
- 14 November 1931
- Fate
- Surrendered September 1945
Stricken 30 November 1945
Scuttled 1 April 1946 (1945) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,800 long tons (1,829 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,300 long tons (2,337 t)
- Length
- 101 m (331.4 ft)
- Beam
- 8 m (26.2 ft)
- Draught
- 4.9 m (16.1 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Range
- 10,000 nmi (18,520 km)
- Complement
- 60
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
I-157 was a submarine of the Kaidai-class submarine (KD3B Type) built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan laid her keel on 8 July 1927. She entered service on 24 December 1929, having been launched on 1 October 1928.
Her class ran to 20 ships.
The boat displaced 1,800 long tons surfaced and 2,300 long tons submerged. She measured 101 m (331 ft) long with a beam of 8 m (26 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 60.
Her main battery was one 120 mm (4.7 in) guns. Her machinery developed 6,800 bhp.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 November 1930. She recommissioned on 14 November 1931.
She was scuttled in September 1945, at 7°15′S 116°23′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
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 6800 bhp (diesels)
- 1800 hp (electric motors)
- Armament
- 8 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern)
- 1 × 120 mm deck gun
Sister ships
- Japanese submarine I-152
- Japanese submarine I-153
- Japanese submarine I-154
- Japanese submarine I-155
- Japanese submarine I-156
- Japanese submarine I-158
- Japanese submarine I-159
- Japanese submarine I-165
- Japanese submarine I-166
- Japanese submarine I-52 (1923)
- Japanese submarine I-53 (1925)
- Japanese submarine I-54 (1926)
- Japanese submarine I-55 (1925)
- Japanese submarine I-57
- Japanese submarine I-58 (1925)
- Japanese submarine I-59
- Japanese submarine I-60
- Japanese submarine I-65
- Japanese submarine I-66
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-157 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Naval History and Heritage Command, photo was captured by US forces — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons