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"IXD-1" type ex-German submarine (I506) (1942 / 1945)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
U195 (ex-U195), 7.1945- 伊506 [I506]   2041 A. G. Weser, Bremen, Germany 5.1941 8.4.1942 9/1942 // 5.1945 surrendered 8.1945, BU 1947


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement normal, t

1610 / 1771

Length, m

87.6

Breadth, m

7.50

Draught, m

5.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Germania diesels  / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

2800 / 1000

Max speed, kts

15.8 / 6.9

Fuel, t

diesel oil 203

Endurance, nm(kts)12750(10) / 115(4)
Armament

1 x 1 - 37/80 C/30U, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38

Military load

252 t of oil fuel

Electronic equipmentFuMO 30 radar, GHG hydrophone, FuMB 3 Bali, FuMB 6 Palau ECM suites
Complement57
Diving depth operational, m100


Standard scale images


<i>I506</i> 1945
I506 1945


Project history

After capitulation of Germany all being in Japan German submarines 8-10.5.1945 were transferred under Japanese control and after assimilation of ships by new crews entered service. 15.7.1945 they have replaced old, still German numbering on accepted in the IJN.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.