Japanese submarine I-168
KD6 Kaidai-type submarine
Service
- as I-6831 July 1934 — 15 October 19431,505 days of the war
- Name
- I-168
- Builder
- Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan
- Laid down
- 18 June 1931
- Launched
- 26 June 1933
- Commissioned
- 31 July 1934
- Decommissioned
- 15 December 1938
- Recommissioned
- 1 May 1939
- Struck
- 15 October 1943
- Fate
- Sunk, 27 July 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,440 long tons (2,479 t)
- Length
- 98.15 m (322 ft)
- Beam
- 7.92 m (26 ft)
- Draught
- 4.57 m (15 ft)
- Speed
- 23 knots (42.6 km/h, 26.5 mph)
- Range
- 14,000 nmi (25,928 km)
- Complement
- 60
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
I-168 was a KD6 Kaidai-type submarine built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan on 18 June 1931. She entered service on 31 July 1934, having been launched on 26 June 1933.
The boat displaced 2,440 long tons submerged. She measured 98.2 m (322 ft) long with a beam of 7.9 m (26 ft). Her designed speed was 23 knots, and she carried a complement of 60.
Her main battery was one 100 mm (3.9 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,505 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 December 1938. She recommissioned on 1 May 1939. She was struck from the register on 15 October 1943.
She was sunk on 27 July 1943, at 52°54′N 173°13′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
- Twin shaft Kampon 9000 bhp two-stroke diesel engines
- Armament
- 6 x torpedo tubes/14 × 21 in torpedoes
- 1 x 10 cm/50 Type 88 naval gun
- 1 × 13.2 mm AA gun
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-168 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: The photo was donated to the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command by Kazutoshi Hando in 1970 — http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-i/i68.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons