Imperial Japanese Navy — Submarine
Japanese submarine I-372
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. 29618 November 1944 — 18 July 1945252 days of the war
Type D1 submarine
Particulars
- Name
- I-372
- Builder
- Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka, Japan
- Laid down
- 10 February 1944
- Launched
- 26 June 1944
- Commissioned
- 8 November 1944
- Fate
- Sunk 18 July 1945
Stricken 15 September 1945
Refloated August 1946
Scuttled August 1946 (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-372 was a Type D1 submarine built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka, Japan on 10 February 1944. Launched on 26 June 1944, she entered service on 8 November 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 252 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 18 July 1945. 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 L/40 naval gun
- 2 × Type 96 25mm AA guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-372 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.