Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Imperial Japanese Navy — Submarine

Japanese submarine I-184

Kaidai type, KD7-class

Japanese submarine I-184
Unknown author — N. Polmar, D. Carpenter. Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1904—1945. — Conway Maritime Press, 1986 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate Japanese I-176 (formerly I-76) submarine

Service

  1. Imperial Japanese Navy as Submarine No. 162? — 10 August 19441,805 days of the war
Kaidai type, KD7-class Particulars
Name
I-184
Builder
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka, Japan
Laid down
1 April 1942
Launched
12 December 1942
Struck
10 August 1944
Fate
Sunk 19 June 1944 (1944)
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-184 was a submarine of the Kaidai type, KD7-class, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka, Japan laid her keel on 1 April 1942. She was launched on 12 December 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 1,805 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 August 1944.

She was sunk on 19 June 1944, at 13°01′N 149°53′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 (diesel engines)
  • 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-184 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — N. Polmar, D. Carpenter. Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1904—1945. — Conway Maritime Press, 1986 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons