Japanese submarine I-165

I-65 in 1932
Career (Japan)
Name: I-65
I-165
Builder: Kure Naval Arsenal
Laid down: 19 December 1929
Launched: 2 June 1931
Completed: 1 December 1932
Fate: Sunk in 1945
General characteristics
Class and type:Kaidai type submarine
Displacement:1,575 long tons (1,600 t) surfaced
2,330 long tons (2,367 t) submerged
Length:97.70 m (320 ft 6 in)
Beam:8.20 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draught:4.70 m (15 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:2 × Sulzer Mk.3 diesels 2 shafts 6,000 bhp
1,800 shp
Speed:20.5 knots (38.0 km/h) surfaced
8.2 kn (15.2 km/h) submerged
Range:10,000 nmi (19,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced
60 nmi (110 km) at 3 kn (5.6 km/h) submerged
Test depth:75.0 m (246.1 ft)
Complement:62
Armament:• 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 × bow, 2 × aft)

• 14 × Type 89 torpedoes • 1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) L/50 Type 88 AA gun • 1 × 12.7 mm AA gun

• 1 × 7.7 mm MG
Notes:230 tons fuel

I-165 was a Kaidai-class V submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Built at the Kure Naval Arsenal laid down as I-65 on 19 December 1929, launched on 2 June 1931 and completed on 1 December 1932.[1] She was redsignated I-165 on 20 May 1942. Converted to a Kaiten mother ship, she was sunk by a United States Navy patrol bomber on 27 June 1945 in the Mariana Islands at 15°28′N 153°39′E.

Sinkings

References

  1. ↑ Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2012). "IJN Submarine I-165: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 113 June 2013. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)