| Japanese submarine I-174 | |
|---|---|
| Career (Japan) |  Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Name: | I-74 (1938–1942), I-174 (1942–1944) |
| Ordered: | 1934 |
| Builder: | Sasebo Naval Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 16 October 1934 |
| Launched: | 28 March 1938 |
| Commissioned: | 15 August 1938 |
| Struck: | 10 June 1944 |
| Fate: | Sunk by aircraft attack on 12 April 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Kaidai class |
| Displacement: |
1,810 tons surfaced 2,465 tons submerged |
| Length: | 344.5 ft (105.0 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draught: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Two diesels: 9,000 hp Electric motors: 1,800 hp |
| Speed: |
23 knots (43 km/h) surfaced 8.25 knots (15.28 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Test depth: | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Complement: | 70 |
| Armament: |
4 x 533mm torpedo tubes forward, 2 x 533mm torpedo tubes aft (14 torpedoes) 1 x 12 cm/50 caliber deck gun |
| Notes: | Characteristics from[1] |
Japanese submarine I-174 was a Kaidai class submarine operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) between 1938 and her sinking in 1944. She completed eight war patrols during the Pacific War. She attacked the Convoy GP55 on 16 June 1943. During her ninth war patrol she was sunk near Truk on 12 April 1944 by a United States Navy B-24 Liberator patrol aircraft.
Notes[]
- ↑ Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander. "Type KD6". Combinedfleet.com. http://www.combinedfleet.com/type_kd6.htm. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
References[]
- Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2001). "HIJMS Submarine I-174: Tabular Record of Movement". Combinedfleet.com. http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-174.htm.
- Stevens, David (1993). "I-174 : The last Japanese submarine off Australia". Canberra: Australian War Memorial. ISSN 0729-6274.
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