Japanese submarine Ro-108
- 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. 21820 April 1943 — 10 August 1944478 days of the war
- Name
- Ro-108
- Builder
- Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan
- Laid down
- 20 April 1942
- Launched
- 26 October 1942
- Commissioned
- 20 April 1943
- Struck
- 10 August 1944
- Fate
- Sunk 26 May 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
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-108 was a Ro-100-class submarine in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan on 20 April 1942. She entered service on 20 April 1943, having been launched on 26 October 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 478 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 August 1944.
She was sunk on 26 May 1944, at 7°40′S 148°06′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
- 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-102
- Japanese submarine Ro-103
- Japanese submarine Ro-104
- Japanese submarine Ro-105
- Japanese submarine Ro-106
- Japanese submarine Ro-107
- 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-108 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.