C2 type 1st class submarines




Displacement2184t standard, 2557t surface, 3564t submerged
Length103.8m pp, 106.95m wl, 109.3m oa
Width9.1m
Draught5.35m
Machinery2-shaft diesel and electoric motor, 11,000bhp surface, 2000shp submerged
Speed23.5kt surface, 8kt submerged
Armament8-53cm TT, 1-14cm/40cal gun, 2-25mm AA
Complement101



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
I-46FY1942Sasebo NYd1942.11.211943. 6. 31944. 2.29SS11944.10.28 sunk
(action, near Leyte Gulf)
1944.12. 2 missing
1945. 3.10 disc
I-47FY1942Sasebo NYd1942.11.211943. 9.291944. 7.10SS11945.11.30 disc
1946. 4. 1 scuttled
I-48FY1942Sasebo NYd1943. 6.191943.12.121944. 9. 5SS11945. 1.21 missing
1945. 1.23 sunk
(action, off Ulthi)
[09.45N, 138.20E]
1945. 5.10 disc
(4 more planned, cancelled in 1942)



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