Japanese submarine Ro-60
Type L4 (Ro-60-class) submarine
- Length
- 78.39 m (257.2 ft)
- Beam
- 7.41 m (24.3 ft)
- Speed
- 15.7 knots (29.1 km/h, 18.1 mph)
- Complement
- 48
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Service
- as Submarine No. 5917 September 1923 — 15 February 1942898 days of the war
- Name
- Ro-60
- Builder
- Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan
- Laid down
- 5 December 1921
- Launched
- 22 December 1922
- Commissioned
- 17 September 1923
- Decommissioned
- 10 February 1928
- Recommissioned
- 20 September 1928
- Struck
- 15 February 1942
- Fate
- Wrecked 29 December 1941 (1941)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,301 long tons (1,322 t)
- Length
- 78.39 m (257.2 ft)
- Beam
- 7.41 m (24.3 ft)
- Draught
- 3.96 m (13 ft)
- Speed
- 15.7 knots (29.1 km/h, 18.1 mph)
- Range
- 5,500 nmi (10,186 km)
- Complement
- 48
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Ro-60 was a Type L4 (Ro-60-class) submarine, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan laid her keel on 5 December 1921. Launched on 22 December 1922, she entered service on 17 September 1923.
The boat displaced 1,301 long tons submerged. She measured 78.4 m (257 ft) long with a beam of 7.4 m (24 ft). Her designed speed was 15.7 knots, and she carried a complement of 48.
Her main battery was one 76 mm (3 in) guns.
She was in commission for 898 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 10 February 1928. She recommissioned on 20 September 1928. She was struck from the register on 15 February 1942.
She was wrecked on 29 December 1941, at 9°00′N 167°30′E.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × Vickers diesels, 2 shafts
- 2400 bhp (surfaced), 1600 shp (submerged), 75 tons fuel
- Armament
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (6 × bow)
- 12 × 6th Year Type torpedoes
- 1 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) L/40 naval gun
- 1 × 6.5 mm machine gun
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine Ro-60 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.