IJN I-172



  
  
  

    Submarine Class:
    
      
C
(1) Type

  

    Builder:
    
      
Kawasaki, Kobe

  

    Date:
    
      
1934 - 1938

  

    Displacement metric tons:
    
      
2440

  

    Length Overall 
    
      
335' 7"

  

    Beam:
    
      
26' 11"

  

    Draught:
    
      
15' 0"

  

    Machinery:
    
      
2-shaft Diesel
2 electric motors

  

    Shaft Horse-Power:
    
      
9000 bhp
1800 ehp

  

    Speed:
    
      
23 knts. diesel
8.2 knts. electric

  

    Fuel:
    
      
341

  

    Radius:
    
      
14000 @ 10 knots. diesel
65 @ 3 knts. 
  electric

  

    Armament:
    
      
1 x 4in AA
1 x 13mm AA
6 x 21in Torpedoe Tubes
14 
      torpedoes

  

    Complement:
    
      
60 - 84

  Launched 20 June, 1935 Completed 7 January, 1937;
Renumber I-172 20 May, 1942;
Missing from 28 October, 1942 but proably sunk 10 November by US destroyer
Southard at 10.00 hrs off Cape Recherche (10°13'S. 161° 09'E)











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