Japanese submarine Ro-38
- Displacement
- 1,115 long tons (1,133 t)
- Length
- 80.5 m (264.1 ft)
- Beam
- 7 m (23 ft)
- Speed
- 19.8 knots (36.6 km/h, 22.7 mph)
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Service
- as Submarine No. 20424 July 1943 — 30 April 1944279 days of the war
- Name
- Ro-38
- Builder
- Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan
- Laid down
- 20 June 1942
- Launched
- 24 December 1942
- Commissioned
- 24 July 1943
- Struck
- 30 April 1944
- Fate
- Missing after 19 November 1943
Possibly sunk 24 November 1943 (1943) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,115 long tons (1,133 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,447 long tons (1,470 t)
- Length
- 80.5 m (264.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 7 m (23 ft)
- Draught
- 4.07 m (13.4 ft)
- Speed
- 19.8 knots (36.6 km/h, 22.7 mph)
- Range
- 5,000 nmi (9,260 km)
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Ro-38 was a submarine of the Kaichū type submarine (K6 subclass), operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan on 20 June 1942. She entered service on 24 July 1943, having been launched on 24 December 1942.
The boat displaced 1,115 long tons surfaced and 1,447 long tons submerged. She measured 80.5 m (264 ft) long with a beam of 7 m (23 ft). Her designed speed was 19.8 knots.
Her main battery was one 76 mm (3 in) guns. Her machinery developed 4,200 bhp.
She was in commission for 279 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 30 April 1944.
She was sunk on 19 November 1943. 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
- 4200 bhp (diesel)
- 1200 hp (electric motor)
- Armament
- 4 × bow 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 1 × 76.2 mm L/40 anti-aircraft gun
- 2 × single 25 mm AA guns
Sister ships
- Japanese submarine Ro-31
- Japanese submarine Ro-33
- Japanese submarine Ro-34
- Japanese submarine Ro-35
- Japanese submarine Ro-36
- Japanese submarine Ro-37
- Japanese submarine Ro-39
- Japanese submarine Ro-40
- Japanese submarine Ro-41
- Japanese submarine Ro-42
- Japanese submarine Ro-43
- Japanese submarine Ro-44
- Japanese submarine Ro-45
- Japanese submarine Ro-46
- Japanese submarine Ro-47
- Japanese submarine Ro-48
- Japanese submarine Ro-49
- Japanese submarine Ro-50
- Japanese submarine Ro-55 (1944)
- Japanese submarine Ro-56 (1944)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine Ro-38 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.