Japanese submarine I-176
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | I-176 |
Ordered | 1939 |
Builder | Kure Naval Arsenal |
Laid down | 22 June 1940 |
Launched | 7 June 1941 |
Commissioned | 4 August 1942 |
Fate | Sunk 16 May 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | KD7-class |
Displacement | |
Length | 105.5 m (346 ft) |
Beam | 8.25 m (27.1 ft) |
Draft | 4.6 m (15 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Range |
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Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
Complement | 86 |
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The Japanese submarine I-176 (I-76, until 20 May 1942) was a
The most successful submarine of her class, she severely damaged the
.Service
I-176 was ordered in 1939 but construction did not begin until 1941 at the
I-176 was subsequently converted to a transport role, with her
After several months of repairs in Japan, I-176 returned to Lae, Sio and Finschhafen in New Guinea to carry out a number of successful supply runs between July and October 1943. The submarine was ordered to Truk in November 1943 but her instructions were intercepted by US signals intelligence. Several American submarines in the Truk area were informed that a Japanese submarine was in the vicinity. A message from I-176 was intercepted which reported that the vessel had "Received direct torpedo hit en route to Truk, no damage". It had presumably been attacked by an American submarine but had escaped damage, most likely due to a defective torpedo. On November 16, the probable attacker, USS Corvina, was itself sunk by I-176.[9] The I-176's log recorded that it had fired three torpedoes, claiming two hits which destroyed the target. The loss of the Corvina was not announced until March 14, 1944; she was the only American submarine to be sunk by a Japanese submarine in the entire war.[10]
I-176 returned to Kure in Japan for an overhaul between the end of November 1943 and mid-March 1944. She subsequently returned to Truk in April 1944 and was despatched to
References
- ISBN 0870216821.
- ISBN 1-55750-015-0.
- ^ Cressman, Robert (2000). The official chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Naval Institute Press. p. 124.
- ^ "Chester". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Department of the Navy – Naval Historical Center. Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
- ISBN 978-1-84603-090-1.
- ISBN 0-8128-2735-X.
- ISBN 978-1-59114-379-6.
- ^ Smith, Peter C. (2008). Midway: Dauntless Victory: Fresh Perspectives on America's Seminal Naval Victory of World War II. Pen & Sword Maritime. p. 243.
- ISBN 1-59114-644-5.
- ^ "Corvina". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Department of the Navy – Naval Historical Center. Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ISBN 1-55750-324-9.
- ISBN 0-8283-2118-3.
- ISBN 0-87021-726-7.
External links
- IJN Submarine I-176: Tabular Record of Movement – Bob Hackett & Sander Kingsepp