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Donate to Wikipedia The Japanese submarine I-175 (I-75, until 20 May 1942) was a Kaidai type of cruiser submarine of
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Design and description [ edit ] Name: I-75
Ordered: 1934
Related changes The submarines of the KD6B sub-class were essentially repeats of the preceding KD6A sub-class.
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe
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They displaced 1,814 tonnes (1,785 long tons) surfaced and 2,605 tonnes (2,564 long tons)
Special pages Laid down: 1 November 1934
submerged. The submarines were 105 meters (344 ft 6 in) long, had a beam of 8.2 meters (26 ft 11 in)
Permanent link Launched: 16 September 1937
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and a draft of 4.57 meters (15 ft 0 in). The boats had a diving depth of 75 m (246 ft)[1]
Commissioned: 8 December 1938
Wikidata item For surface running, the boats were powered by two 4,500-brake-horsepower (3,356 kW) diesel Renamed: I-175, 1942
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engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a 900- Struck: 10 July 1944

Print/export horsepower (671 kW) electric motor. They could reach 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) on the surface and Fate: Sunk by destroyers, 4 February 1944
8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) underwater.[2] On the surface, the KD3Bs had a range of 10,000 nautical
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Class and type: Kaidai type (KD6B Type)
Printable version (120 km; 75 mi) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph).[3]
Displacement: 1,839 tonnes (1,810 long tons)
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The boats were armed with six internal 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes, four in the bow and two in the surfaced
stern. They carried a total of 14 torpedoes. They were also armed with one 120 mm (4.7 in) deck gun 2,605 tonnes (2,564 long tons)
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for combat on the surface and two 13.2 mm (0.52 in) anti-aircraft machineguns.[3] submerged
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Length: 105 m (344 ft 6 in)
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Beam: 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
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I-175 participated in the Attack on Pearl Harbor and sank 3,252-ton American merchant Manini on 17 Installed power: 9,000 bhp (6,700 kW) (diesels)
December 1941, 180 miles south of Hawaii. In July 1942 she operated off the eastern coast of 1,800 hp (1,300 kW) (electric motors)
Australia and sank the French merchant vessel Cagou, the Australian trawler Dureenbee and Propulsion: Diesel-electric
damaged the Australian merchant vessels Allara and Murada. I-175 was depth charged by HMAS 2 × diesel engines
Cairns on 26 July 1942 and evaded destruction. 2 × electric motors
Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) surfaced
On 12 August, the submarine was damaged by aircraft from USS Enterprise and needed repairs at
8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Rabaul. I-175 was damaged in a collision with the oiler Nisshin Maru on 20 November 1942 at Truk
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and run aground to prevent from sinking. The submarine required repairs at Yokosuka.
Range: 10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at
I-175 is best known for sinking Escort carrier USS Liscome Bay on 24 November 1943, killing 54 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced
officers and 648 enlisted men. 65 nmi (120 km; 75 mi) at 3 knots
(5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged
I-175 was herself sunk 2 months later on 4 February 1944, during the Battle of Kwajalein, when she Test depth: 75 m (246 ft)
was attacked by destroyers USS Charrette and Fair. Fair fired several grenades from her Hedgehog Complement: 70
anti-submarine mortar at the Japanese submarine and sank her with the entire crew at position (
Armament: 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4
6°48′N 168°8′E ). bow, 2 stern)
1 × 120 mm (4.7 in) deck gun
2 × single 13.2 mm (0.52 in) anti-
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1. ^ Carpenter & Polmar, p. 96

2. ^ Chesneau, p. 198
3. ^ a b Bagnasco, p. 183

References [ edit ]

Bagnasco, Erminio (1977). Submarines of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-962-6.
Carpenter, Dorr B. & Polmar, Norman (1986). Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1904–1945. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-
396-6.
Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
Hackett, Bob & Kingsepp, Sander (2001). "IJN Submarine I-175: Tabular Record of Movement" . Combinedfleet.com.

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