Japanese submarine I-184

Sister ship I-176 at sea, 1942
History
Empire of Japan
NameSubmarine No. 162
BuilderYokosuka Naval Arsenal, YokosukaJapan
Laid down1 April 1942
Renamed
  • I-84 on unknown date
  • I-184 on 20 May 1942
Launched12 December 1942
Completed15 October 1943
FateSunk 19 June 1944
Stricken10 August 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeKaidai type, KD7-class
Displacement
  • 1,862 t (1,833 long tons) surfaced
  • 2,644 t (2,602 long tons) submerged
Length105.5 m (346 ft 2 in)
Beam8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
Draft4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) surfaced
  • 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range
  • 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced
  • 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth80 m (262 ft)
Complement86
Armament

I-184 (originally I-84) was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaidai type cruiser submarine of the KD7 sub-class commissioned in 1943. During World War II, she operated in the Aleutian Islands and the Central Pacific Ocean before she was sunk with all hands by a United States Navy torpedo bomber during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944.