Japanese submarine I-56 (1943)
Service
- as Submarine No. 6298 June 1944 — 10 June 1945367 days of the war
- Name
- I-56
- Pennant / hull number
- 1943
- Builder
- Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka, Japan
- Laid down
- 29 September 1942
- Launched
- 30 June 1943
- Commissioned
- 8 June 1944
- Struck
- 10 June 1945
- Fate
- Missing April 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 2,140 long tons (2,174 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 3,688 long tons (3,747 t)
- Length
- 108.7 m (356.6 ft)
- Beam
- 9.3 m (30.5 ft)
- Draught
- 5.19 m (17 ft)
- Speed
- 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h, 20.4 mph)
- Range
- 21,000 nmi (38,892 km)
- Complement
- 94
- Main gun
- 25 mm (1 in)
I-56 was a Type B3 submarine in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1943. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka, Japan laid her keel on 29 September 1942. She entered service on 8 June 1944, having been launched on 30 June 1943.
The class followed the Junsen Type A and was succeeded by the Junsen Type C.
The boat displaced 2,140 long tons surfaced and 3,688 long tons submerged. She measured 108.7 m (357 ft) long with a beam of 9.3 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 17.7 knots, and she carried a complement of 94. Her main battery was of 25 mm (1.0 in) calibre.
She carried one aircraft.
She was in commission for 367 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 June 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.22 diesel engines, 4700 hp
- 2 × Electric motors, 1200 hp
- Armament
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 19 × Type 95 torpedoes
- 2 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
- Aircraft
- 1 × floatplane (removed February–March 1945)
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-56 (1943) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Imperial Japanese Navy — The Maru Special No.110 Submarine Operations of the Imperial Japanese Navy — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons