Japanese submarine I-162
| History | |
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| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | I-62 | 
| Builder | Mitsubishi Kobe Yard, Kobe, Japan | 
| Laid down | 20 April 1927 | 
| Launched | 29 November 1928 | 
| Completed | 24 April 1930 | 
| Commissioned | 24 April 1930 | 
| Decommissioned | 21 October 1935 | 
| Recommissioned | 10 April 1936 | 
| Decommissioned | 15 November 1939 | 
| Recommissioned | 30 October 1940 or 1 July 1941 (see text) | 
| Renamed | I-162, 20 May 1942 | 
| Fate | 
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | KD4 Type, Kadai type submarine | 
| Displacement | 
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| Length | 97.70 m (320 ft 6 in) | 
| Beam | 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in) | 
| Draught | 4.83 m (15 ft 10 in) | 
| Propulsion | 
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| Speed | 
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| Range | |
| Test depth | 60 m (197 ft) | 
| Complement | 58 officers and enlisted | 
| Armament | 
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I-62, later I-162, was a Kaidai-class cruiser submarine of the KD4 sub-class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s and completed in 1930. She served throughout World War II, supporting the Japanese invasion of Malaya, taking part in the Battle of Midway, carrying out diversionary operations in support of the evacuation of Japanese forces from Guadalcanal, and conducting war patrols in the Indian Ocean. Late in the war, she became involved in supporting and training for kaiten suicide attack torpedo operations. She surrendered to the Allies at the end of the war in 1945, and the United States Navy scuttled her in 1946.