WW2 and History Collection / Weapons and Equipment / Ships / Country J / Japan / Submarines / Kaidai Type KDIIIa-class Updated: March 27th, 2016 Japanese Empire Kaidai Type KDIIIa-class Submarines Details: Class: Kaidai Type KDIIIa Country: Japan Owner: Imperial Japanese Navy Displacement: Surfaced: 1.635 BRT Submerged: 2.300 BRT Measurements: Length: 100,58 m Beam: 7,92 m Draft: 4,88 m Depth: 6,71 m Propulsion: Engine: 2 × Sulzer Mk 3 diesels Shafts: 2 Power: Surfaced: 6.800 hp Submerged: 1.800 hp Speed: Surfaced: 20 knots Submerged: 8 knots Range: Surfaced: 19.000 km (10 knots) Submerged: 170 (3 knots) Test depth: 60 m Fuel: 241,8 tons Complement: 63 Armament: 8 × 533 mm  Torpedotubes (6 × bow, 2 × aft) 16 × 6th Year Type torpedoes 1 × 120 mm (4.7 in) L/40 11th Year Type Naval gun 1 × 7,7 mm MG August 5th, 1924, launching of I-53 The Kaidai Type KDIIIa-class submarines was a similar class of submarines to the KDI and KDII types, but wit a strenthened hull. The type was built under the 1923-1928 building program. The class consisted of four ships. Between March and July 1942 all ships in the class were taken from active duty and used as training submarines. In april 1945 the I-158 was modernized and developed to be able to carry two Kaiten miniature submarines. Ships in this class: I-53/I-153 I-54/I-154 I-55/I-155 I-58/I-158 Text: Wilco Vermeer Sources: - Fighting Ships of the World (Retrieved, December 6th, 2014) - Imperial Japanese Navy Page (Retrieved, November 25th, 2014) - Kaidai Type Submarines / Wikipedia (Retrieved, December 6th, 2014) - Steve's IJN Submarine Page (Retrieved, November 25th, 2014) - The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia (Retrieved, December 6th, 2014)   © WW2 History Collection, Wilco Vermeer, 2015 contact