Japanese submarine I-362
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Japan | |
Name | Submarine No. 5462 |
Builder | Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan |
Laid down | 17 March 1943 |
Renamed | I-362 on 20 October 1943 |
Launched | 29 November 1943 |
Completed | 23 May 1944 |
Commissioned | 23 May 1944 |
Fate | Sunk 14 January 1945 |
Stricken | 10 April 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type D1 submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 73.50 m (241 ft 2 in) overall |
Beam | 8.90 m (29 ft 2 in) |
Draft | 4.76 m (15 ft 7 in) |
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Range | |
Test depth | 75 m (246 ft) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 x Daihatsu-class landing craft |
Capacity | 85 tons freight |
Complement | 55 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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I-362 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Type D1 transport submarine. Completed and commissioned in May 1944, she served in World War II and conducted transport missions between Japan and outlying islands until she was sunk in January 1945.
Construction and commissioning
I-362 was
Service history
Upon commissioning, I-362 again was attached to the Yokosuka Naval District and was assigned to Submarine Squadron 11 for workups.[2] With her workups complete, she was reassigned to Submarine Squadron 7 on 15 August 1944.[2]
Transport missions
On 21 August 1944, I-362 departed Yokosuka bound for Nauru on her first transport mission.[2] She arrived at Nauru on 14 September 1944, loaded 22 tons of ammunition and embarked 85 passengers, and got back underway the same day.[2] She proceeded to Truk, which she reached on 21 September 1944.[2] She unloaded her cargo and disembarked her passengers, then took aboard 83 Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service personnel and departed on 22 September 1944.[2] She returned to Yokosuka on 3 October 1944.[2]
I-362 got underway from Yokosuka on 24 October 1944 for her second transport voyage, this time setting course for
With the overhaul complete, I-362 put to sea from Yokosuka on 1 January 1945 for her third supply voyage.[2] She was scheduled to call at Truk, then proceed to Meleyon Island at Woleai in the Caroline Islands, where she was scheduled to arrive on 21 January 1945.[2]
Loss
On 13 January 1945, the
The submarine Fleming sank probably was I-362.[2] On 15 March 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy declared I-362 to be presumed lost with all hands off the Caroline Islands.[2] She was stricken from the Navy list on 10 April 1945.[2]
Notes
Sources
- Hackett, Bob & Kingsepp, Sander. IJN Submarine I-362: Tabular Record of Movement. Retrieved on September 17, 2020.