Japanese submarine I-162
KD4 Type, Kadai type submarine
- Length
- 97.7 m (320.5 ft)
- Beam
- 7.8 m (25.6 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Complement
- 58
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Service
- as I-6224 April 1930 — 2 September 19452,193 days of the war
- Name
- I-162
- Builder
- Mitsubishi Kobe Yard, Kobe, Japan
- Laid down
- 20 April 1927
- Launched
- 29 November 1928
- Commissioned
- 24 April 1930
- Decommissioned
- 21 October 1935
- Recommissioned
- 10 April 1936
- Fate
- Surrendered 2 September 1945
Stricken 30 November 1945
Scuttled 1 April 1946 (1945) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,300 long tons (2,337 t)
- Length
- 97.7 m (320.5 ft)
- Beam
- 7.8 m (25.6 ft)
- Draught
- 4.83 m (15.8 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Range
- 10,800 nmi (20,002 km)
- Complement
- 58
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
I-162 was a KD4 Type, Kadai type submarine built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Mitsubishi Kobe Yard, Kobe, Japan laid her keel on 20 April 1927. She entered service on 24 April 1930, having been launched on 29 November 1928.
The boat displaced 2,300 long tons submerged. She measured 97.7 m (321 ft) long with a beam of 7.8 m (26 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 58.
Her main battery was one 120 mm (4.7 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 21 October 1935. She recommissioned on 10 April 1936.
She was scuttled on 2 September 1945, at 6°16′N 79°38′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
- Surface: 2 x Rauschenbach Mk 2 diesel engines, 6000 hp, two shafts, 230 tons fuel
- Submerged: Electric motor, 1800 hp
- Armament
- 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)/14 x 533 mm Type 89 torpedo torpedoes
- 1 x 120 mm gun
- 1 × 7.7 mm machine gun
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-162 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.