Japanese submarine Ro-49
- 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. 39019 May 1944 — 25 May 1945371 days of the war
- Name
- Ro-49
- Builder
- Mitsui Zosensho, Tamano, Japan
- Laid down
- 16 November 1942
- Launched
- 3 August 1943
- Commissioned
- 19 May 1944
- Struck
- 25 May 1945
- Fate
- Missing after 25 March 1945
Possibly sunk 5 April 1945 (1945) - 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-49 was a submarine of the Kaichū type submarine (K6 subclass), operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Mitsui Zosensho, Tamano, Japan on 16 November 1942. Launched on 3 August 1943, she entered service on 19 May 1944.
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 371 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 25 May 1945.
She was sunk on 25 March 1945, at 26°22′N 126°30′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-44
- Japanese submarine Ro-45
- Japanese submarine Ro-46
- Japanese submarine Ro-47
- Japanese submarine Ro-48
- Japanese submarine Ro-50
- Japanese submarine Ro-55 (1944)
- Japanese submarine Ro-56 (1944)
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine Ro-49 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.