IJN · SS
I-176
Photos and infoKaidai Type 7 cruiser submarine, the most successful boat of that class. Kure Naval Arsenal laid her down on 22 June 1940. On 20 October 1942 she torpedoed Chester and put that cruiser out of the war until September 1943. She made the first submarine supply run into Guadalcanal. On 17 November 1943 she sank Corvina, the only American submarine sunk by a Japanese submarine. Franks, Haggard, and Johnston sank her off Buka on 17 May 1944.
| Type | Submarine (SS) |
|---|---|
| Hull | I-176 |
| Builder | Kure Naval Arsenal |
| Launched | 1941-06-07 |
| Commissioned | 1942-08-04 |
| Fate | Sunk. Ordered as I-76 and renumbered I-176 on 20 May 1942, before completion. Sunk off Buka on 16-17 May 1944 by the destroyers Franks, Haggard, and Johnston. No survivors. Presumed lost on 11 June and struck on 10 July 1944. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
Imperial Japanese Navy. I-176, with the number on the conning tower. The photograph is earlier than 1944. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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