Ro-33 on 8 April 1939.
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History | |
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Japan | |
Name | Original name unknown |
Builder | Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan |
Laid down | 8 August 1933 |
Launched | 10 October 1934 |
Renamed | Ro-33 on 10 October 1934 |
Completed | 7 October 1935 |
Commissioned | 7 October 1935 |
Decommissioned | 15 November 1939 |
Recommissioned | 1 May 1940 |
Decommissioned | 15 May 1941 |
Recommissioned | ca. mid-November 1941 |
Fate | Sunk 29 August 1942 |
Stricken | 5 October 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kaichū type submarine (K6 subclass) |
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Length | 73 m (239 ft 6 in) overall |
Beam | 6.7 m (22 ft 0 in) |
Draft | 3.25 m (10 ft 8 in) |
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Range |
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Test depth | 75 m (246 ft) |
Crew | 75 |
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Ro-33 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Ro-33-class submarine. Completed and commissioned in November 1935, she served during World War II in the South China Sea, Indian Ocean, and southwestern Pacific Ocean and operated in support of Japanese forces in the invasion of British Malaya, the invasion of Java, the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Guadalcanal campaign, and the New Guinea campaign. She was sunk in August 1942 during her fifth war patrol.