Japanese submarine I-402

I-402 at Kure, Japan, on 16 October 1945.
History
Empire of Japan
NameI-402
BuilderSasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo, Japan
Laid down20 October 1943
Launched5 September 1944
Completed24 July 1945
Commissioned24 July 1945[1]
Fate
  • Surrendered September 1945
  • Stricken 30 November 1945
  • Scuttled 1 April 1946
General characteristics
Class and typeI-400-class submarine
Displacement
  • Surfaced : 5,223 long tons (5,307 t)
  • Submerged : 6,560 long tons (6,670 t)
Length122 m (400 ft)
Beam12.0 m (39.4 ft)
Draft7.0 m (23.0 ft)
Propulsion
  • Surfaced : 4 × diesel engines, 7,700 hp (5,742 kW)
  • Submerged : Electric motors, 2,400 hp (1,790 kW)
Speed
  • Surfaced : 18.75 knots (34.73 km/h; 21.58 mph)
  • Submerged : 6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph)
Range37,500 nmi (69,400 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Test depth100 m (330 ft)
Complement144 officers and men
Armament

I-402 (伊号第四百二潜水艦, I-gō-dai yon-hyaku-ni-sensuikan) was an Imperial Japanese Navy Sentoku-type (or I-400-class) submarine commissioned in 1945 for service in World War II. Originally intended to be a submarine aircraft carrier like her sister ships I-400 and I-401, she instead was completed as a submarine tanker, but entered service less than a month before the end of the war and never carried out a tanker voyage. She surrendered to the United States at the end of the war in 1945 and was scuttled in 1946. Until 1965, the Sentaku-type submarines were the largest submarines ever commissioned.

  1. ^ "World War II Database : Submarine I-402". ww2db.com. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  2. ^ Campbell, John Naval Weapons of World War Two ISBN 0-87021-459-4 p.191