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24-go

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
第22号艦 [22-go], 11.1924- 呂14 [RO14]			Kure K K	9.1918	31.3.1919	2.1921	hulk 1931
第23号艦 [23-go], 11.1924- 呂13 [RO13]			Kure K K	10.1918	26.8.1919	9.1920	sold 4.1932
第24号艦 [24-go], 11.1924- 呂15 [RO15]			Kure K K	10.1918	14.10.1920	6.1921	stricken 1931

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	755 / 1050
Length, m	70.1
Breadth, m	6.10
Draught, m	3.70
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Sulzer diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	2600 / 1200
Max speed, kts	17 / 9
Fuel, t	diesel oil 75
Endurance, nm(kts)	6000(10) / 85(4)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/23 41-shiki, 1 x 1 - 7.7/87, 6 - 450 TT (4 bow, 2 side drop-collars, 10)
Complement	45
Diving depth operational, m	45

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Project history

Kaichu (2) (medium Navy design 2) type, slightly improved version of the previous class. In their construction peculiarities of Far East theatre have been considered. Submarines besides transverse bulkheads had longitudinal ones, that theoretically should raise their damage tolerance, but in practice it has made them only extremely tight and inconvenient for habitability. Diesels were delivered by Sulzer from neutral Switzerland. Double-hulled.

Boats of Kaidai 2 class as a whole have been recognised successful.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

RO14 served as training hulk till 1940 and BU only in 1948.