Type C submarine

Class overview
Name	Type-C submarines
Builders	Kure Naval Arsenal Sasebo Naval Arsenal Kawasaki Shipbuilding Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Junsen type submarine
Subclasses	Type-C (I-16-class) Type-C Modified (I-52-class)
Built	1937-1944
In commission	1940-1945

The Cruiser submarine Type-C (巡潜丙型潜水艦, Junsen Hei-gata sensuikan) was one of the first classes of submarine in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) to serve during the Second World War. Type-C submarines were better armed than the Type-A and Type-B. The Type-Cs were also utilized as Kō-hyōteki or Kaiten mother ships, for this reason they were not equipped with aviation facilities.