Japanese submarine I-185
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I-185 (originally I-85) was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaidai type cruiser submarine of the KD7 sub-class commissioned in 1943. During World War II, she served in the Central and Southwest Pacific Ocean before she was sunk with all hands by an American destroyer in June 1944.
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Sister ship I-176 at sea, 1942 | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | submarine No. 163 |
Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka, Japan |
Laid down | 9 February 1942 |
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Launched | 16 September 1943 |
Completed | 23 September 1943 |
Fate | Sunk 22 June 1944 |
Stricken | 10 September 1944 |
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Class and type | Kaidai type, KD7-class |
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Length | 105.5 m (346 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
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Test depth | 80 m (262 ft) |
Complement | 86 |
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