Imperial Japanese Navy — Submarine
Japanese submarine Yu 1001
Service
- as Yu 1001? — 12 August 19452,172 days of the war
Japanese submarine Yu 1001
Particulars
- Name
- Yu 1001
- Builder
- Japan Steel Works, Hiroshima, Japan
- Launched
- 27 March 1944
- Fate
- Sunk 12 August 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 274 long tons (278 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 346 long tons (352 t)
- Length
- 41.4 m (135.8 ft) OA
- Beam
- 3.9 m (12.8 ft)
- Draught
- 3 m (9.8 ft)
- Speed
- 10 knots (18.5 km/h, 11.5 mph)
- Range
- 1,500 nmi (2,778 km)
- Complement
- 23
- Main gun
- 37 mm (1.5 in)
Yu 1001 was a submarine built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was built by Japan Steel Works, Hiroshima, Japan. She was launched on 27 March 1944.
The boat displaced 274 long tons surfaced and 346 long tons submerged. She measured 41.4 m (136 ft) long with a beam of 3.9 m (13 ft). Her designed speed was 10 knots, and she carried a complement of 23. Her main battery was of 37 mm (1.5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 2,172 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 12 August 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 × Hesselman engines
- 400 bhp surfaced
- 75 shp submerged
- single shaft
- Armament
- 1 × Type 4 37 mm shipboard gun
- 2 × IJN Type 92 13 mm antiaircraft guns
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine Yu 1001 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Imperial Japanese Army — Kaijinsha, Ships of the world No.506 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons