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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 |
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Length | 356.5 ft (108.7 m) |
Beam | 30.5 ft (9.3 m) |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
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Range | 14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Test depth | 100 m (330 ft) |
Complement | 114 |
Armament |
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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.