Imperial Japanese Navy — Submarine
Japanese submarine Ro-102
- Displacement
- 601 long tons (611 t)
- Length
- 60.9 m (199.8 ft)
- Beam
- 6 m (19.7 ft)
- Speed
- 14.2 knots (26.3 km/h, 16.3 mph)
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Service
- as Submarine No. 21217 November 1942 — 15 July 1943240 days of the war
Ro-100-class submarine
Particulars
- Name
- Ro-102
- Builder
- Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan
- Laid down
- 30 September 1941
- Launched
- 17 April 1942
- Commissioned
- 17 November 1942
- Struck
- 15 July 1943
- Fate
- Missing after 9 May 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 601 long tons (611 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 782 long tons (795 t)
- Length
- 60.9 m (199.8 ft) OA
- Beam
- 6 m (19.7 ft)
- Draught
- 3.51 m (11.5 ft)
- Speed
- 14.2 knots (26.3 km/h, 16.3 mph)
- Range
- 3,500 nmi (6,482 km)
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Ro-102 was a Ro-100-class submarine built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan laid her keel on 30 September 1941. Launched on 17 April 1942, she entered service on 17 November 1942.
Her class ran to 18 ships.
The boat displaced 601 long tons surfaced and 782 long tons submerged. She measured 60.9 m (200 ft) long with a beam of 6 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 14.2 knots. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.
Her machinery developed 1,000 bhp.
She was in commission for 240 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 15 July 1943.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Diesel-electric
- 1 × diesel engine
- 1 × electric motor
- Power
- 1000 bhp (diesel)
- 760 hp (electric motor)
- Armament
- 4 × bow 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 2 × 25 mm Type 96 anti-aircraft guns or 1 × 76.2 mm L/40 AA gun
Sister ships
- Japanese submarine Ro-100
- Japanese submarine Ro-101
- Japanese submarine Ro-103
- Japanese submarine Ro-104
- Japanese submarine Ro-105
- Japanese submarine Ro-106
- Japanese submarine Ro-107
- Japanese submarine Ro-108
- Japanese submarine Ro-109
- Japanese submarine Ro-110
- Japanese submarine Ro-111
- Japanese submarine Ro-112
- Japanese submarine Ro-113
- Japanese submarine Ro-114
- Japanese submarine Ro-115
- Japanese submarine Ro-116
- Japanese submarine Ro-117
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine Ro-102 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.