Japanese submarine I-166
Service
- as I-6610 November 1932 — 10 September 19441,836 days of the war
- Name
- I-166
- Builder
- Sasebo Navy Yard, Sasebo, Japan
- Laid down
- 8 November 1929
- Launched
- 2 June 1931
- Commissioned
- 10 November 1932
- Decommissioned
- 1 November 1934
- Recommissioned
- 1 December 1936
- Struck
- 10 September 1944
- Fate
- Sunk, 17 July 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,705 long tons (1,732 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,330 long tons (2,367 t)
- Length
- 97.7 m (320.5 ft)
- Beam
- 8.2 m (26.9 ft)
- Draught
- 4.7 m (15.4 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Range
- 10,800 nmi (20,002 km)
- Complement
- 75
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
I-166 was a submarine of the Kaidai-class submarine (KD5 Type) of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Sasebo Navy Yard, Sasebo, Japan laid her keel on 8 November 1929. She entered service on 10 November 1932, having been launched on 2 June 1931.
She was one of 20 ships of her class.
The boat displaced 1,705 long tons surfaced and 2,330 long tons submerged. She measured 97.7 m (321 ft) long with a beam of 8.2 m (27 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 75.
Her main battery was one 120 mm (4.7 in) guns. Her machinery developed 6,000 bhp.
She was in commission for 1,836 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 1 November 1934. She recommissioned on 1 December 1936. She was struck from the register on 10 September 1944.
She was sunk on 17 July 1944, at 2°26′N 109°49′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
- 6000 bhp (diesels)
- 1800 hp (electric motors)
- Armament
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
- 1 × 120 mm deck gun
- 1 × 13.2 mm anti-aircraft machinegun
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-157
- Japanese submarine I-158
- Japanese submarine I-159
- Japanese submarine I-165
- 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-166 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Maru Graphic Japanese Submarines Volume 1 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons