Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Imperial Japanese Navy — Submarine

Japanese submarine Yu 19

Displacement
274 long tons (278 t)
Length
41.4 m (135.8 ft)
Beam
3.9 m (12.8 ft)
Speed
10 knots (18.5 km/h, 11.5 mph)
Complement
23
Main gun
37 mm (1.5 in)

Service

  1. Imperial Japanese Navy as Yu 19? — August 19452,188 days of the war
Japanese submarine Yu 19 Particulars
Name
Yu 19
Builder
Hitachi Kasado Works, Kudamatsu, Japan
Fate
Surrendered August 1945
Scuttled or scrapped (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 19 was a submarine in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was built by Hitachi Kasado Works, Kudamatsu, Japan.

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 2,188 days of the Second World War.

She was scuttled in 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
  • 5 × Type 99 light machine guns

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