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National Archives #80-G-339860
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Tonnage |
897 tons surfaced 1195 tons submerged |
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Dimensions |
250' by 23'7" by 13'1" 76.2m by 7.2m by 4.0m |
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Maximum speed |
17 knots surfaced 8 knots submerged |
| Dive |
to 195 feet to 59 meters |
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Complement |
48 |
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Armament |
1 machine gun 4 18" torpedo
tubes (10 torpedoes) |
| Machinery |
2-shaft diesel (2400 bhp) or
electric (1600 shp) |
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Bunkerage |
98 tons diesel oil |
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Range |
6130 nautical miles (11,400 km) at 16 knots 80 nautical miles (150 km) at 4 knots submerged |
The L3s were
short-ranged (RO) submarines completed between
1922 and 1923 at the Mitsubishi
shipyard in Kobe.
They were based on the British
L class. They were of limited
usefulness, particularly since they could only fire obsolete 18" torpedoes,
and they had already been relegated largely to training duty by
the start
of the war. All were decommissioned in May 1945.
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Ro-57 |
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Ro-58 |
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Ro-59 |
References
Materials of IJN (accessed 2009-12-24)
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