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

Japanese submarine I-368

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

  1. Imperial Japanese Navy as Submarine No. 546825 August 1944 — 10 April 1945228 days of the war
Type D1 submarine Particulars
Name
I-368
Builder
Yokosuka Navy Yard, Yokosuka, Japan
Laid down
15 July 1943
Launched
29 January 1944
Commissioned
25 August 1944
Struck
10 April 1945
Fate
Sunk 27 February 1945 (1945)
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-368 was a Type D1 submarine in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. Yokosuka Navy Yard, Yokosuka, Japan laid her keel on 15 July 1943. She entered service on 25 August 1944, having been launched on 29 January 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 228 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 April 1945.

She was sunk on 27 February 1945, at 24°43′N 140°37′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 (removed January 1945)
  • 2 × Type 96 25mm AA guns
  • 5 x kaiten suicide attack torpedoes (added January 1945)

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