Japanese submarine I-184

Coordinates: 13°01′N 149°53′E / 13.017°N 149.883°E / 13.017; 149.883
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Sister ship I-176 at sea, 1942
History
Empire of Japan
NameSubmarine No. 162
BuilderYokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka, Japan
Laid down1 April 1942
Renamed
  • I-84 on unknown date
  • I-184 on 20 May 1942
Launched12 December 1942
Completed15 October 1943
FateSunk 19 June 1944
Stricken10 August 1944
General characteristics
Class and type
KD7-class
Displacement
  • 1,862 t (1,833 long tons) surfaced
  • 2,644 t (2,602 long tons) submerged
Length105.5 m (346 ft 2 in)
Beam8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
Draft4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) surfaced
  • 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range
  • 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced
  • 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth80 m (262 ft)
Complement86
Armament

I-184 (originally I-84) was an

Kaidai type cruiser submarine of the KD7 sub-class commissioned in 1943. During World War II, she operated in the Aleutian Islands and the Central Pacific Ocean before she was sunk with all hands by a United States Navy torpedo bomber during the Battle of the Philippine Sea
in June 1944.

Design and description

The submarines of the KD7 sub-class were medium-range attack submarines developed from the preceding KD6 sub-class. They

officers and crewmen.[1]

For surface running, the submarines were powered by two 4,000-

propeller shaft. When submerged, each propeller was driven by a 900-horsepower (671 kW) electric motor. The submarines could reach 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) on the surface and 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) underwater. On the surface, the KD7s had a range of 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph); submerged, they had a range of 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph).[2]

The submarines were armed with six internal 53.3 cm (21.0 in)

anti-aircraft gun, but a 120 mm (4.7 in) deck gun for combat on the surface was substituted for one 25 mm mount during construction.[3]

Construction and commissioning

I-184 was

laid down by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal at Yokosuka, Japan, as Submarine No. 162 on 1 April 1942.[4][5] She soon was named I-84, then was renamed I-184 on 20 May 1942.[1][4] She was launched on 12 December 1942 and completed and commissioned on 15 October 1943.[4][5][6]

Service history

October 1943–January 1944

On the day of her commissioning, I-184 was attached to the

antisubmarine warfare exercises in the Iyo Nada in the Seto Inland Sea with the submarine tender Chōgei and the submarines I-42, I-43, Ro-40, and Ro-113.[5]

On 28 January 1944, I-184 got underway from Kure, Japan, to test-launch the new Mark 1 naval mine.[5] She was reassigned to Submarine Squadron 22 in the 6th Fleet on 31 January 1944.[4][5]

Aleutian Islands

On 25 February 1944, I-184 received a temporary assignment to the Northeast Area Unit

Paramushiro in the northern Kuril Islands from 11 to 12 March 1944[4][5] before beginning a war patrol in the waters of the Aleutian Islands.[4][5] After an uneventful patrol, she called at Ōminato from 9 to 11 April 1944[4][5] before proceeding to Yokosuka, which she reached on 13 April 1944.[4][5]

Central Pacific

I-184 departed Yokosuka on 20 May 1944 to carry food and supplies to the starving Japanese garrison on Mili Atoll in the Marshall Islands.[4][5] She arrived at Mili on 12 June 1944, unloaded her cargo, and got back underway the same day.[5]

On 13 June 1944, amid indications of an imminent American invasion of the Mariana Islands, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Soemu Toyoda, activated Operation A-Go for the defense of the Marianas.[5] The same day, the commander of the 6th Fleet, Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi, ordered all submarines under his command to deploy in the central Pacific Ocean east of Marianas as part of the defense.[5] I-184′s specific orders called for her to take up a patrol station in between those assigned to the submarines I-5 and I-185.[5]

The

Truk Atoll in the Caroline Islands.[5] On 15 June, Owada ordered I-184 to proceed to Saipan.[5] That day, I-184 acknowledged the order and reported her estimated time of arrival at Saipan as 00:22 Japan Standard Time
on 18 June. The Japanese never heard from her again.

Loss

The

escort aircraft carrier USS Suwanee (CVE-27) dropped below the cloud cover 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) southeast of Saipan on 19 June and sighted I-184 on the surface.[5] As I-184 crash-dived, the Avenger′s pilot dropped depth charges just ahead of her track, sinking her at 13°01′N 149°53′E / 13.017°N 149.883°E / 13.017; 149.883.[4][5] There were no survivors.[4][5]

On 12 July 1944,

Navy List on 10 August 1944.[4][5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Carpenter & Polmar, p. 105
  2. ^ Chesneau, p. 199
  3. ^ Bagnasco, pp. 183, 186
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q I-184 ijnsubsite.com 2 November 2018 Accessed 19 June 2022
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (1 August 2016). "IJN Submarine I-184: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  6. ^ Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 172

References

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