Japanese submarine I-371
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. 54712 October 1944 — 10 April 1945190 days of the war
- Name
- I-371
- Builder
- Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan
- Laid down
- 22 March 1944
- Launched
- 21 July 1944
- Commissioned
- 2 October 1944
- Struck
- 10 April 1945
- Fate
- Missing February 1945
Probably sunk 24 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-371 was a Type D1 submarine in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan laid her keel on 22 March 1944. Launched on 21 July 1944, she entered service on 2 October 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 190 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 April 1945.
She was sunk in February 1945, at 32°40′N 132°33′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 25mm AA guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-371 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.