Japanese submarine I-45
Service
- as Submarine No. 37528 December 1943 — 10 March 1945438 days of the war
- Name
- I-45
- Builder
- Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo, Japan
- Laid down
- 15 July 1942
- Launched
- 6 March 1943
- Commissioned
- 28 December 1943
- Struck
- 10 March 1945
- Fate
- Sunk 29 October 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 2,624 long tons (2,666 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 3,700 long tons (3,759 t)
- Length
- 108.66 m (356.5 ft)
- Beam
- 9.3 m (30.5 ft)
- Draught
- 5.18 m (17 ft)
- Speed
- 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h, 27 mph)
- Range
- 14,000 nmi (25,928 km)
- Complement
- 114
- Main gun
- 140 mm (5.5 in)
I-45 was a Type B2 submarine built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo, Japan laid her keel on 15 July 1942. She entered service on 28 December 1943, having been launched on 6 March 1943.
The class followed the Junsen Type A and was succeeded by the Junsen Type C.
The boat displaced 2,624 long tons surfaced and 3,700 long tons submerged. She measured 108.7 m (356 ft) long with a beam of 9.3 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 23.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 114.
Her main battery was one 140 mm (5.5 in) guns. She carried one aircraft.
She was in commission for 438 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 March 1945.
She was sunk on 29 October 1944, at 10°18′N 127°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 diesels: 11000 hp
- Electric motors: 2000 hp
- Armament
- 6 × 533 mm forward torpedo tubes
- 17 torpedoes
- 1 × 14 cm deck gun (removed October–February 1945)
- 6 × kaiten suicide attack torpedoes (added October–February 1945)
- Aircraft
- 1 x floatplane (removed October–February 1945)
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-45 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — 日本海軍艦艇写真集 潜水艦・潜水母艦p37 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons