B3 type 1st class submarines




Displacement2140t standard, 2607t surface, 3688t submerged
Length102.4m pp, 106.9m wl, 108.7m oa
Width9.3m
Draught5.19m
Machinery2-shaft diesel and electoric motor, 4700bhp surface, 1200shp submerged
Speed17.7kt surface, 6.5kt submerged
Armament6-53cm TT, 1-14cm/40cal gun, 2-25mm AA, 1 aircraft
Complement101



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
I-54FY1942Yokosuka NYd1942. 7. 11943. 5. 41944. 3.31SS11944.10.28 sunk
(action, E of Leyte)
[09.45N, 126.45E]
1944.11.20 missing
1945. 3.10 disc
I-56FY1942Yokosuka NYd1942. 9.291943. 6.301944. 6. 8SS11945. 4. 5 sunk
(action, off Kume I.)
[26.42N, 130.38E]
1945. 5. 2 missing
1945. 6.10 disc
I-58FY1942Yokosuka NYd1942.12.261943.10. 91944. 9. 7SS11945.11.30 disc
1946. 4. 1 scuttled
I-62FY1943Yokosuka NYd---1943 cancelled
I-64FY1943Yokosuka NYd---1943 cancelled
I-65FY1943Yokosuka NYd---1943 cancelled
I-66FY1943Yokosuka NYd---1943 cancelled
(14 more planned, cancelled in 1943)



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