Japanese submarine Ro-44
Service
- as Submarine No. 38513 September 1943 — 10 August 1944332 days of the war
- Name
- Ro-44
- Builder
- Mitsui Zosensho, Tamano, Japan
- Laid down
- 14 February 1942
- Launched
- 11 November 1942
- Commissioned
- 13 September 1943
- Struck
- 10 August 1944
- Fate
- Sunk 16 June 1944 (1944)
- 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-44 was a submarine of the Kaichū type submarine (K6 subclass) built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Mitsui Zosensho, Tamano, Japan laid her keel on 14 February 1942. Launched on 11 November 1942, she entered service on 13 September 1943.
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 332 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 August 1944.
She was sunk on 16 June 1944, at 11°13′N 164°15′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
- 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-38
- Japanese submarine Ro-39
- Japanese submarine Ro-40
- Japanese submarine Ro-41
- Japanese submarine Ro-42
- Japanese submarine Ro-43
- 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-44 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Imperial Japanese navy photograph archive — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons