Japanese submarine I-365
Type D1 submarine
- Displacement
- 1,440 long tons (1,463 t)
- Length
- 73.5 m (241.1 ft)
- Beam
- 8.9 m (29.2 ft)
- Speed
- 13 knots (24.1 km/h, 15 mph)
- Complement
- 55
- Main gun
- 140 mm (5.5 in)
Service
- as Submarine No. 54651 August 1944 — 10 March 1945221 days of the war
- Name
- I-365
- Builder
- Yokosuka Navy Yard, Yokosuka, Japan
- Laid down
- 15 May 1943
- Launched
- 17 December 1943
- Commissioned
- 1 August 1944
- Struck
- 10 March 1945
- Fate
- Sunk, 29 November 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,440 long tons (1,463 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,215 long tons (2,251 t)
- Length
- 73.5 m (241.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 8.9 m (29.2 ft)
- Draught
- 4.76 m (15.6 ft)
- Speed
- 13 knots (24.1 km/h, 15 mph)
- Range
- 15,000 nmi (27,780 km)
- Complement
- 55
- Main gun
- 140 mm (5.5 in)
I-365 was a Type D1 submarine, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Yokosuka Navy Yard, Yokosuka, Japan on 15 May 1943. Launched on 17 December 1943, she entered service on 1 August 1944.
The boat displaced 1,440 long tons surfaced and 2,215 long tons submerged. She measured 73.5 m (241 ft) long with a beam of 8.9 m (29 ft). Her designed speed was 13 knots, and she carried a complement of 55.
Her main battery was one 140 mm (5.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 221 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 March 1945.
She was sunk on 29 November 1944, at 34°44′N 141°01′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
- 2 × Kampon Mk.23B Model 8 diesels
- 1,850 bhp surfaced
- 1,200 shp submerged
- 2 shafts
- Armament
- 1 × 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun
- 2 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-365 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.