NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
ゆ1 [YU1]			Hitachi, Kasado	7.1943	16.10.1943	late 1943	surrendered 8.1945, BU 1946
ゆ2 [YU2]			Hitachi, Kasado	1943 - 1944	---	---	BU incomplete 1946
ゆ3 [YU3]			Hitachi, Kasado	1943 - 1944	---	---	BU incomplete 1946
ゆ4 [YU4]			Hitachi, Kasado	1943 - 1944	---	---	BU incomplete 1946
ゆ5 [YU5]			Hitachi, Kasado	1943 - 1944	---	---	BU incomplete 1946
ゆ6 [YU6]			Hitachi, Kasado	1943 - 1944	---	---	BU incomplete 1946
ゆ7 [YU7]			Hitachi, Kasado	1943 - 1944	---	---	BU incomplete 1946
ゆ8 [YU8]			Hitachi, Kasado	1943 - 1944	---	---	BU incomplete 1946
ゆ9 [YU9]			Hitachi, Kasado	1943 - 1944	---	---	BU incomplete 1946
ゆ10 [YU10]			Hitachi, Kasado	1943 - 1944	1943 - 1944	mid-1944	surrendered 8.1945, foundered 1.1946
ゆ11 [YU11]			Hitachi, Kasado	1943 - 1944	---	---	BU incomplete 1946
ゆ12 [YU12]			Hitachi, Kasado	1943 - 1944	1943 - 1944	mid-1944	surrendered 8.1945, foundered 1.1946

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	273 / 370
Length, m	39.5 pp 40.9 oa
Breadth, m	3.90
Draught, m	2.95
No of shafts	1
Machinery	2 diesels / 1 electric motor
Power, h. p.	400 / 75
Max speed, kts	10 / 5
Fuel, t	diesel oil 30
Endurance, nm(kts)	1500(8) / 32(4)
Armament	1 x 1 - 37/46 97-shiki
Military load	40 t of cargo
Complement	13
Diving depth operational, m	100

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Project history

Maru-Yu series of IJA. These boats were built by request and on means from the budget of Imperial Japanese Army. Design was developed by army officers.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

YU1 was lost in 1943, fate of YU2-9 and 11 is unknown. YU10 and 12 were handed over on demolition in 1947.