Japanese submarine I-182
Kaidai type, KD7-class
Service
- as I-82? — 1 December 19431,552 days of the war
- Name
- I-182
- Builder
- Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka, Japan
- Laid down
- 10 November 1941
- Launched
- 30 May 1942
- Struck
- 1 December 1943
- Fate
- Lost early September 1943 (see text) (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,833 long tons (1,862 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,602 long tons (2,644 t)
- Length
- 105.5 m (346.1 ft)
- Beam
- 8.25 m (27.1 ft)
- Draught
- 4.6 m (15.1 ft)
- Speed
- 23 knots (42.6 km/h, 26.5 mph)
- Range
- 8,000 nmi (14,816 km)
- Complement
- 86
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
I-182 was a submarine of the Kaidai type, KD7-class of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka, Japan on 10 November 1941. She was launched on 30 May 1942.
The boat displaced 1,833 long tons surfaced and 2,602 long tons submerged. She measured 105.5 m (346 ft) long with a beam of 8.2 m (27 ft). Her designed speed was 23 knots, and she carried a complement of 86.
Her main battery was one 120 mm (4.7 in) guns. Her machinery developed 8,000 bhp.
She was in commission for 1,552 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 1 December 1943.
She was sunk in September 1943, at 15°38′S 166°57′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
- 8000 bhp (diesels)
- 1800 hp (electric motors)
- Armament
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (all bow)
- 1 × 120 mm deck gun
- 1 × twin 25 mm Type 96 AA gun
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-182 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Twitter — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons