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The second I-53 was the second of three Type C cruiser submarines of the C3 sub-class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy.Commissioned in February 1944, she operated primarily as a kaiten manned suicide attack torpedo carrier during the final year of World War II and sank the destroyer escort USS Underhill (DE-682).
Built by the Kure Naval Arsenal in Kure, Japan, I-53 was laid down on 1 April 1924 as Submarine No. 64 (第六十四号潜水艦, Dai-rokujūyon-gō sensuikan) and renamed I-53 (伊号第五三号潜水艦, I-gō Dai-gojūsan-gō sensuikan) on 1 November 1924. [8] [9] She was launched on 5 August 1925 [8] [9] and completed and commissioned on ...
Japanese submarine I-53, an Imperial Japanese Navy Type C submarine launched in 1942 and decommissioned in 1945 List of ships with the same or similar names This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names.
Constructed between 1917 and 1920, Type F1 (F1型) (Ro-1-class) submarines were the first truly oceangoing Japanese submarines and the earliest to be rated as "second-class" or "medium" submarines. The Fiat-Laurenti-designed submarines had weak hulls, and they did not serve as the basis for future Japanese submarine classes. [13] Ro-1 ...
A JMU representative told Jane's 360 that while the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force did not have a current requirement for an LHD-type amphibious assault ship of any kind to join the JMSDF's Self Defense Fleet, the Japan Marine United Corporation still expected the JMSDF to eventually issue such a requirement in the near future, with the JMU ...
In an attempt to destroy as many allied ships as possible, the Imperial Japanese Navy began arming their submarine fleet with manned torpedoes called kaitens. The Action of 24 July 1945 concerns the battle between a convoy of U.S. Navy warships off Luzon and the Japanese submarine I-53 and her kaitens. [3] [4]
I-58 was assigned to the Sixth Fleet's Submarine Squadron 11 for training in the Inland Sea before being assigned to the 15th Submarine Division on 4 December 1944. A few days later she was assigned to the Kongo ("Diamond") group, with I-36, I-47, I-48, I-53 and I-56, to launch Kaiten attacks on five U.S. fleet anchorages.
This torpedo was the first type deployed on Japanese submarines, initially the F, L, and Kaichū types. The Type 44 torpedo series existed in both 18-inch and 21-inch calibers, each having a No.1 and a No.2 variant developed. The Type 44 was the first Japanese design to fully transition to steam for its wet heater cycle.