NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
U181 (ex-U181), 7.1945- 伊501 [I501]		1020	Deschimag, Bremen, Germany	3.1941	30.12.1941	5/1942 // 5.1945	surrendered 8.1945, scuttled 12.2.1946
U862 (ex-U862), 7.1945- 伊502 [I502]		1068	Deschimag, Bremen, Germany	8.1942	5.6.1943	10/1943 // 5.1945	surrendered 8.1945, scuttled 12.2.1946

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1150
Displacement normal, t	1590 / 1775
Length, m	87.6
Breadth, m	7.50
Draught, m	5.40
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 MAN diesels + 2 MWM diesel-generators / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	4400 + 1160 / 1000
Max speed, kts	19.2 / 6.9
Fuel, t	diesel oil 435
Endurance, nm(kts)	31500(10) / 57(4)
Armament	1 x 1 - 37/80 C/30U, 2 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 6 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 24 or 72 mines)
Electronic equipment	FuMO30 or FuMO 61 radar, GHG hydrophone, FuMB 3 Bali, FuMB 6 Palau ECM suites
Complement	57
Diving depth operational, m	100

Standard scale images

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

Both were scuttled by Americans 12.2.1946.

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