| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Mitsubishi |
| Operators: | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Built: | 1942–1944 |
| In commission: | 1943–1945 |
| Planned: | 20 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Lost: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,095 tonnes standard 2,564 tonnes surfaced 3,644 tonnes submerged |
| Length: | 356 ft 6 in (108.66 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Draft: | 16 ft 9 in (5.11 m) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric 2 diesels, 4,700 hp (3.5 MW) surfaced Electric motors, 1,200 hp (895 kW) submerged |
| Speed: | 17.75 knots (32.87 km/h) surfaced 6.5 knots (12 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 21,000 nmi (39,000 km) at 16 kn (30 km/h) |
| Test depth: | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Complement: | 94 officers and men |
| Armament: | • 2 × 140 mm (5.5 in)/50 calibre deck gun • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (bow) • 19 × Type 95 torpedoes |
Type C3 submarines were operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by Mitsubishi Corporation, between 1943 and 1944, as cargo carriers.
The Japanese constructed only three of these during World War II (I-52, I-53 and I-55), although twenty were planned. [1] They were among the largest submarines ever built to date, and were known as the most advanced submarines of the period.
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