Imperial Japanese Navy — Submarine
Japanese submarine Yu 3001
- 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
Service
- as Yu 30012 August 1944 — August 1945391 days of the war
Japanese submarine Yu 3001
Particulars
- Name
- Yu 3001
- Builder
- Korea Machine Factory Boat Manufacturing Works, Inchon, Chosen (Korea)
- Launched
- 10 April 1944
- 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
Yu 3001 was a submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was built by Korea Machine Factory Boat Manufacturing Works, Inchon, Chosen (Korea). She was launched on 10 April 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.
She was in commission for 391 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 x deck gun
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine Yu 3001 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.