Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Imperial Japanese Navy — Submarine

Japanese submarine Ro-107

Ro-100-class submarine

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

  1. Imperial Japanese Navy as Submarine No. 21726 December 1942 — 1 September 1943249 days of the war
Ro-100-class submarine Particulars
Name
Ro-107
Builder
Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan
Laid down
30 June 1941
Launched
30 May 1942
Commissioned
26 December 1942
Struck
1 September 1943
Fate
Missing after 6 July 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-107 was a Ro-100-class submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan on 30 June 1941. Launched on 30 May 1942, she entered service on 26 December 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 249 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 1 September 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

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