Japanese submarine I-45

I-45 on a speed trial run off Sasebo, Japan, on 29 December 1943.
History
Japan
Name	Submarine No. 375
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo, Japan
Laid down	15 July 1942
Renamed	I-45 on 5 February 1943
Launched	6 March 1943
Completed	28 December 1943
Commissioned	28 December 1943
Fate	Sunk 29 October 1944
Stricken	10 March 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Type B2 submarine
Displacement	2,624 tons surfaced 3,700 tons submerged
Length	356.5 ft (108.7 m)
Beam	30.5 ft (9.3 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m)
Propulsion	2 diesels: 11,000 hp (8,200 kW) Electric motors: 2,000 hp (1,500 kW)
Speed	23.5 knots (43.5 km/h) surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h) submerged
Range	14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Test depth	100 m (330 ft)
Complement	114
Armament	6 × 533 mm (21 in) forward torpedo tubes 17 torpedoes 1 × 14 cm (5.5 in) deck gun (removed October–February 1945) 6 × kaiten suicide attack torpedoes (added October–February 1945)
Aircraft carried	1 x floatplane (removed October–February 1945)
Aviation facilities	Hangar and catapult (removed October–February 1945)

I-45 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Type B2 submarine. Completed and commissioned in December 1943, she served in World War II, patrolling in the Pacific Ocean and taking part in the Marianas campaign, the Philippines campaign, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf before she was sunk in October 1944.