Imperial Japanese Navy — Submarine
Japanese submarine I-369
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. 54699 October 1944 — 30 August 1945323 days of the war
Type D1 submarine
Particulars
- Name
- I-369
- Builder
- Yokosuka Navy Yard, Yokosuka, Japan
- Laid down
- 1 September 1943
- Launched
- 9 March 1944
- Commissioned
- 9 October 1944
- Fate
- Surrendered 30 August 1945
Stricken 15 September 1945
Scrapped 1946 (1945) - Status
- Scrapped
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-369 was a Type D1 submarine in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Yokosuka Navy Yard, Yokosuka, Japan on 1 September 1943. She entered service on 9 October 1944, having been launched on 9 March 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 323 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap on 30 August 1945.
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 25mm AA guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-369 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.