Ha-101-class submarine

(left to right) Ibuki, Ha-105, Ha-106 and Ha-109
Class overview
NameHa-101-class submarine
Builders
Operators Imperial Japanese Navy
Cost2,135,000 JPY[1]
Built1944–45
In commission1944–45
Planned12
Completed10
Scrapped10
General characteristics
TypeTransport submarine
Displacement
  • 436 t (429 long tons) surfaced
  • 501 t (493 long tons) submerged
Length44.5 m (146 ft 0 in)
Beam6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)
Draft4.04 m (13 ft 3 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
  • 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Range
  • 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
  • 46 nmi (85 km; 53 mi) at 2.3 knots (4.3 km/h; 2.6 mph) submerged
Test depth100 meters (328 ft)
Capacity60 metric tons (59 long tons)
Complement22
Armament1 × single 25 mm (1 in) Type 96 anti-aircraft gun

The Ha-101-class submarine (波百一型潜水艦, Ha-hyaku-ichi-gata Sensuikan) was a transport submarine built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. The IJN planned to build 12 boats, but only 10 vessels were completed by the end of the war. The IJN called these submarines Sen'yu-Shō type submarine (潜輸小型潜水艦, Sen-Yu-Ko-gata sensuikan). The type name was shortened to YuSensuikan Ko-gata (水艦, Transport Submarine-Small Type).[2]

Several boats were converted to tankers or mother ships for Kō-hyōteki model D "Kōryū" (甲標的丁型 蛟龍) midget submarines.

  1. ^ Senshi Sōsho Vol.88 (1975), p.96
  2. ^ The 潜輸小 read as "Sen'yu-Shō", but the 潜輸小型 read as "Sen'yu-Ko-gata" in Japanese.