Japanese submarine Ha-204
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Japan | |
Name | Submarine No. 4914 |
Builder | Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo, Japan |
Laid down | 5 April 1945 |
Renamed | Ha-204 on 1 May 1945 |
Launched | 1 June 1945 |
Completed | 25 June 1945 |
Commissioned | 25 June 1945 |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 53.00 m (173 ft 11 in) overall |
Beam | 4.00 m (13 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 3.44 m (11 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range | |
Test depth | 100 m (330 ft) |
Complement | 26 |
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Ha-204 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Ha-201-class submarine. Completed and commissioned in June 1945, she served during the final months of World War II. She surrendered at the end of the war in September 1945, was wrecked in October 1945, and was scrapped in 1948.
Design and description
At the end of 1944, the Imperial Japanese Navy decided it needed large numbers of high-speed coastal submarines to defend the
The Ha-201 class
Construction and commissioning
Ha-204 was
Service history
Upon commissioning, Ha-204 was attached formally to the Sasebo Naval District and assigned to Submarine Division 33 in the Kure Submarine Flotilla for workups.
Ha-204 had not yet conducted an operational patrol when hostilities between Japan and the Allies ended[1] on 15 August 1945. She surrendered to the Allies at Sasebo on 2 September 1945.[2] She ran aground in Aburatsu Bay on the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture on Kyushu on 29 October 1945.[2]
Disposal
The Japanese struck Ha-204 from the Navy list on 30 November 1945.[2] Her wreck eventually was salvaged, and it was scrapped between August and October 1948 at the Nishimura Tekkosho ironworks plant.[2]
Notes
References
- Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2019). "IJN Submarine HA-204: Tabular Record of Movement". SENSUIKAN! Stories and Battle Histories of the IJN's Submarines. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- Hackett, Bob; Sander Kingsepp (2015). "Sen Taka Sho Type". Sensuikan!. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- "Rekishi Gunzō"., History of Pacific War Vol.17 I-Gō Submarines, ISBN 4-05-601767-0
- Rekishi Gunzō, History of Pacific War Extra, "Perfect guide, The submarines of the Imperial Japanese Forces", Gakken (Japan), March 2005, ISBN 4-05-603890-2
- The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.43 Japanese Submarines III, Ushio Shobō (Japan), September 1980, Book code 68343-43
- The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.132 Japanese Submarines I "Revised edition", Ushio Shobō (Japan), February 1988, Book code 68344-36
- Ships of the World special issue Vol.37, History of Japanese Submarines, "Kaijinsha"., (Japan), August 1993