Japanese submarine I-175

I-75 in late October 1941.
History
Empire of Japan
NameI-75
Ordered1934
BuilderMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe, Japan
Laid down1 November 1934
Launched16 September 1937
Commissioned8 December 1938
RenamedI-175 on 20 May 1942
FateSunk 4 February 1944
Stricken10 July 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeKaidai type (KD6B Type)
Displacement
  • 1,839 tonnes (1,810 long tons) surfaced
  • 2,605 tonnes (2,564 long tons) submerged
Length105 m (344 ft 6 in)
Beam8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Draft4.57 m (15 ft 0 in)
Installed power
  • 9,000 bhp (6,711 kW) (diesels)
  • 1,800 hp (1,342 kW) (electric motors)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) surfaced
  • 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range
  • 10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced
  • 65 nmi (120 km; 75 mi) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged
Test depth75 m (246 ft)
Complement70
Armament

I-75, later I-175, was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaidai-type cruiser submarine of the KD6B sub-class commissioned in 1938. During World War II, she took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Midway, the Guadalcanal campaign, the Aleutian Islands campaign, and the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign and operated off Australia, before she was sunk in 1944 during her tenth war patrol. She is best known for sinking the United States Navy escort carrier USS Liscome Bay on 24 November 1943.


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