Japanese submarine Ro-68
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-6829 October 1925 — 19452,193 days of the war
- Name
- Ro-68
- Builder
- Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan
- Laid down
- 6 February 1924
- Launched
- 23 February 1925
- Commissioned
- 29 October 1925
- Decommissioned
- 10 December 1928
- Recommissioned
- 1 November 1929
- Fate
- Surrendered 1945
Stricken 30 November 1945
Scuttled 30 April 1946 (1945) - 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-68 was a Type L4 (Ro-60-class) submarine in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan on 6 February 1924. She entered service on 29 October 1925, having been launched on 23 February 1925.
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 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 10 December 1928. She recommissioned on 1 November 1929.
She was scuttled in 1945. 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-68 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.