Japanese submarine Ro-66
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 Ro-6628 July 1927 — 15 January 1942867 days of the war
- Name
- Ro-66
- Builder
- Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan
- Laid down
- 1 December 1925
- Launched
- 25 October 1926
- Commissioned
- 28 July 1927
- Decommissioned
- 15 November 1930
- Recommissioned
- 1 May 1931
- Struck
- 15 January 1942
- Fate
- Sunk in collision 17 December 1941
By collision (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-66 was a Type L4 (Ro-60-class) submarine built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan on 1 December 1925. Launched on 25 October 1926, she entered service on 28 July 1927.
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 867 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 November 1930. She recommissioned on 1 May 1931. She was struck from the register on 15 January 1942.
She was sunk on 17 December 1941 by collision, at 19°10′N 166°28′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
- 2 × Vickers diesels, 2 shafts
- 2,400 bhp (surfaced), 1,600 (submerged)
- 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-66 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.