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Japan | |
Name | Submarine No. 69 |
Builder | Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan |
Laid down | 27 June 1921 |
Launched | 18 January 1923 |
Completed | 29 April 1924 |
Commissioned | 29 April 1924 |
Renamed | Ro-30 on 1 November 1924 |
Decommissioned | 15 December 1938 |
Stricken | 1 April 1942 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kaichū type submarine (K5 subclass) |
Displacement |
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Length | 74.22 m (243 ft 6 in) overall |
Beam | 6.12 m (20 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 3.73 m (12 ft 3 in) |
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Range |
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Test depth | 45.7 m (150 ft) |
Crew | 44 |
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Ro-30, originally named Submarine No. 69, was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaichu-Type submarine of the Kaichu V (Toku Chu) subclass. She was in commission from 1924 to 1938, seeing service in the waters of Formosa and Japan, then served as a stationary training hulk during World War II.