Japanese submarine I-52 (1942)
I-52 on sea trials, December 1942 | |
| History | |
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| Japan | |
| Name | I-52, code-named Momi (樅, Japanese for "evergreen" or "fir tree") |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| Laid down | 18 March 1942 |
| Commissioned | 28 December 1943 |
| Stricken | 10 December 1944 |
| Fate | Sunk on 24 June 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type C3 cargo submarine |
| Displacement | 2,095 long tons standard, 2,564 long tons surface, 3,644 long tons submerged |
| Length | 108.5 m (356 ft) |
| Beam | 9.3 m (31 ft) |
| Draught | 5.12 m (17 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft diesel and electric motor, 4,700 bhp (3,500 kW) surface, 1,200 shp (890 kW) submerged |
| Speed | 17.7 knots (33 km/h) surface, 6.5 knots (12 km/h) submerged |
| Range | 21,000 nautical miles (39,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Test depth | 100 m (328 ft) |
| Complement | 94 officers and men, 18 civilians |
| Armament | 6 x 53 cm torpedo tubes, 2 x 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval guns, 2 x Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) anti-aircraft guns |
| Notes | Cargo: 300 metric tons |
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| Victories: | None |
I-52 (伊号第五二潜水艦 (伊52), I Gō Dai Gojūni Sensuikan (I Gojūni), I-52 submarine (I-52)), code-named Momi (樅, "fir tree") was a Type C3 cargo submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy used during World War II for a secret mission to Lorient, France, then occupied by Germany, during which she was sunk.