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"Sen-Taka-Sho" small fast attack submarines (HA201) (1945)
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HA202
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 波201 [HA201] | Sasebo K K | 3.1945 | 23.4.1945 | 5.1945 | surrendered 8.1945, scuttled 1.4.1946 | ||
| 波202 [HA202] | Sasebo K K | 3.1945 | 23.4.1945 | 5.1945 | surrendered 8.1945, scuttled 1.4.1946 | ||
| 波203 [HA203] | Sasebo K K | 4.1945 | 25.5.1945 | 6.1945 | surrendered 8.1945, BU 1948 | ||
| 波204 [HA204] | Sasebo K K | 4.1945 | 1.6.1945 | 6.1945 | surrendered 8.1945, wrecked 29.10.1945 | ||
| 波205 [HA205] | Sasebo K K | 4.1945 | 14.5.1945 | 7.1945 | surrendered 8.1945, BU 1946 | ||
| 波206 [HA206] | Kawasaki, Tanagawa | 3.1945 | 10.7.1945 | --- | foundered incomplete 25.8.1945 | ||
| 波207 [HA207] | Sasebo K K | 4.1945 | 26.5.1945 | 8.1945 | surrendered 8.1945, scuttled 5.4.1946 | ||
| 波208 [HA208] | Sasebo K K | 5.1945 | 26.5.1945 | 8.1945 | surrendered 8.1945, scuttled 1.4.1946 | ||
| 波209 [HA209] | Sasebo K K | 5.1945 | 31.5.1945 | 8.1945 | surrendered 8.1945, BU 1946 | ||
| 波210 [HA210] | Sasebo K K | 5.1945 | 10.6.1945 | 8.1945 | surrendered 8.1945, scuttled 5.4.1946 | ||
| 波211 [HA211] | Kawasaki, Tanagawa | 4.1945 | 24.4.1946 | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波212 [HA212] | Kawasaki, Kobe | 4.1945 | 25.6.1945 | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波213 [HA213] | Mitsubishi, Kobe | 5.1945 | 29.7.1945 | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波214 [HA214] | Mitsubishi, Kobe | 5.1945 | 15.8.1945 | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波215 [HA215] | Sasebo K K | 5.1945 | 15.6.1945 | --- | scuttled incomplete 5.4.1946 | ||
| 波216 [HA216] | Sasebo K K | 5.1945 | 19.6.1945 | 8/1945 | surrendered 8.1945, scuttled 5.4.1946 | ||
| 波217 [HA217] | Sasebo K K | 6.1945 | 26.6.1945 | --- | scuttled incomplete 5.4.1946 | ||
| 波218 [HA218] | Sasebo K K | 6.1945 | 2.7.1945 | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波219 [HA219] | Sasebo K K | 6.1945 | 12.7.1945 | --- | scuttled incomplete 5.4.1946 | ||
| 波220 [HA220] | Kawasaki, Tanagawa | 5.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波221 [HA221] | Kawasaki, Kobe | 4.1945 | 4.8.1945 | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波222 [HA222] | Kawasaki, Tanagawa | 5.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波223 [HA223] | Kawasaki, Tanagawa | 5.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波224 [HA224] | Kawasaki, Tanagawa | 6.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波225 [HA225] | Kawasaki, Tanagawa | 6.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波226 [HA226] | Kawasaki, Tanagawa | 6.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波227 [HA227] | Kawasaki, Tanagawa | 7.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波228 [HA228] | Sasebo K K | 6.1945 | 18.7.1945 | --- | scuttled incomplete 5.4.1946 | ||
| 波229 [HA229] | Sasebo K K | 6.1945 | 27.7.1945 | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波230 [HA230] | Sasebo K K | 7.1945 | 1946 | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波231 [HA231] | Sasebo K K | 7.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波232 [HA232] | Sasebo K K | 7.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波233 [HA233] | Kawasaki, Tanagawa | 6.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波234 [HA234] | Kawasaki, Kobe | 5.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波235 [HA235] | Kawasaki, Tanagawa | 6.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波236 [HA236] | Kawasaki, Kobe | 6.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波237 [HA237] | Mitsubishi, Kobe | 7.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波238 [HA238] | Mitsubishi, Kobe | 8.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波239 [HA239] | Mitsubishi, Kobe | 8.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波240 [HA240] | Mitsubishi, Kobe | 8.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波246 [HA246] | Kawasaki, Tanagawa | 7/1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 | ||
| 波247 [HA247] | Kawasaki, Kobe | 7.1945 | --- | --- | BU incomplete 1946 |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 320 |
|---|---|
| Displacement normal, t | 377 / 440 |
| Length, m | 50.0 pp 53.0 oa |
| Breadth, m | 4.00 |
| Draught, m | 3.44 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 Kampon diesel / 1 electric motor |
| Power, h. p. | 400 / 1250 |
| Max speed, kts | 10.5 / 13 |
| Fuel, t | diesel oil 45 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(10) / 100(2) |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 7.7/80, 2 - 533 TT (bow, 4) |
| Electronic equipment | presumably 93-shiki sonar, 93-shiki hydrophone, E27 ECM suite |
| Complement | 22 - 26 |
| Diving depth operational, m | 100 |
Standard scale images
HA201 1945
Graphics
HA202
Project history
Sen-Taka-Sho (Small fast submarine) type. Along with "fast" submarines of Sen-Taka type, boats of Sen-Taka-Sho type ("small fast") concerned to most perfect Japanese submarines. High submerged speed was their main feature. Under the characteristics they were comparable with German "elektro-booten" of XXIII series. At designing experience of building and service of experimental submarine No71 was used. The section method of hull forming and wide application of welding have allowed to achieve outstanding results: lead НА201 was ready in three months after laying, and for subsequent boats the assemblage cycle was defined in four-five months. It was supposed to complete 13 boats in a month. Double-hulled, with streamlined outer hull.
Under the 1943/1944 programme order for building of 79 submarines has been given out, actually 40 ships were laid, from which only 10 were completed before the capitulation. Unfinished НА206 was sunk 25.8.1945 in Kobe during a storm. HA241-245, 254-258, 267-271, ordered for Sasebo K K, HA247-249, 259-262, 272-275 (Kawasaki), HA250-253, 263-266, 276-279 (Mitsubishi) were never begun, projected Nos I-IX were never ordered.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
НА201, 202, 205, 207, 208, 210 and incomplete НА215, 217, 219 and 228 were scuttled by Americans in the beginning of April, 1946. НА230 was launched already after an end of the war for slipway release, in 1946 she was handed over on demolition. Incomplete НА211-214, 218, 221 and 229 after war, in 1946-1948 are handed over on demolition.
