KS type 2nd class submarines




Displacement525t standard, 601t surface, 782t submerged
Length57.4m pp, 59.4m wl, 60.9m oa
Width6.0m
Draught3.51m
Machinery2-shaft diesel and electoric motor, 1100bhp surface, 760shp submerged
Speed14.2kt surface, 8kt submerged
Armament4-53cm TT, 2-25mm AA
Complement38



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
Ro-100FY1939Kure NYd1941. 6.301941.12. 61942. 9.23SS21943.11.25 sunk
(mined, North strait of Buin)
[06.50S, 155.58E]
1944. 2. 5 disc
Ro-101FY1939Kawasaki, Kobe1941. 9.301942. 4.171942.10.31SS21943. 9.15 sunk
(action, S of Solomons)
[10.57S, 163.56E]
1943.10.11 missing
1943.12. 1 disc
Ro-102FY1939Kawasaki, Kobe1941. 9.301942. 4.171942.11.11SS21943. 5.14 sunk
(action, off Lavi)
[06.55S, 147.34E]
1943. 6. 2 missing
1943. 7.15 disc
Ro-103FY1939Kure NYd1941. 6.301941.12. 61942.10.21SS21943. 8.10 missing
(Solomons area)
1943.11. 1 disc
Ro-104FY1939Kawasaki, Kobe1941.11.191942. 7.111943. 2.25SS21944. 5.23 sunk
(action, off Admiralty Is.)
[01.26N, 149.56E]
1944. 6.25 missing
1944. 8.10 disc
Ro-105FY1939Kawasaki, Kobe1941.11.191942. 7.111943. 3.25SS21944. 5.31 sunk
(action, off Admiralty Is.)
[08.47N, 149.56E]
1944. 6.25 missing
1944. 8.10 disc
Ro-106FY1939Kure NYd1941.12.171942. 5.301942.12.26SS21944. 5.22 sunk
(action, N of Admiralty Is.)
[01.40N, 150.31E]
1944. 6.25 missing
1944. 8.10 disc
Ro-107FY1939Kure NYd1941.12.171942. 5.301942.12.26SS21943. 7.12 sunk
(action, Central Solomons)
[08S, 157.19E]
1943. 8. 1 missing
1943. 9. 1 disc
Ro-108FY1939Kawasaki, Kobe1942. 4.201942.10.261943. 4.20SS21944. 5.26 sunk
(action, off Admiralty Is.)
[00.32S, 148.35E]
1944. 6.25 missing
1944. 8.10 disc
Ro-109FY1941Kawasaki, Kobe1942. 4.201942.10.261943. 4.29SS21945. 4.25 sunk
(action, off Okino-Daito I.)
[24.15N, 131.16E]
1945. 5. 7 missing
1945. 6.10 disc
Ro-110FY1941Kawasaki, Kobe1942. 8.201943. 1.261943. 7. 6SS21944. 2.11 sunk
(action, Bengal bay)
[17.25N, 83.21E]
1944. 3.15 missing
1944. 4.30 disc
Ro-111FY1941Kawasaki, Kobe1942. 8.201943. 1.261943. 7.19SS21944. 6. 9 sunk
(action, N of Kavien)
[00.26N, 149.16E]
1944. 7.12 missing
1944. 8.10 disc
Ro-112FY1941Kawasaki, Kobe1942. 6.201943. 3.251943. 9.14SS21945. 2.11 sunk
(torpedoed, Luzon Strait)
[18.53N, 121.50E]
1945. 2.20 missing
1945. 5.10 disc
Ro-113FY1941Kawasaki, Kobe1942. 7.111943. 4.241943.10.12SS21945. 2.12 sunk
(torpedoed, Luzon Strait)
[19.10N, 121.23E]
1945. 2.20 missing
1945. 5.10 disc
Ro-114FY1941Kawasaki, Kobe1942.10.121943. 6.191943.11.20SS21944. 6.17 sunk
(action, near Saipan)
[15.02N, 144.10E]
1944. 7.12 missing
1944. 8.10 disc
Ro-115FY1941Kawasaki, Kobe1942.10.121943. 6.191943.11.30SS21945. 2. 1 sunk
(action, NW of Mindoro I.)
[13.20N, 119.20E]
1945. 2.21 missing
1945. 5.10 disc
Ro-116FY1941Kawasaki, Kobe1943. 1.161943. 9.131944. 1.21SS21944. 5.24 sunk
(action, N of Admiralty Is.)
[00.53N, 149.14E]
1944. 6.25 missing
1944. 8.10 disc
Ro-117FY1941Kawasaki, Kobe1943. 1.161943. 9.131944. 1.31SS21944. 6.17 sunk
(air attack, NE of Saipan)
[11.05N, 150.31E]
1944. 7.12 missing
1944. 8.10 disc



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