Japan Submarines Of World War Two

Japan had a highly diverse submarine fleet during Second World War. There submarine fleet included midget submarines, manned torpedoes, medium-range submarines, purpose-built supply submarines,long-range fleet submarines, submarines that could carry multiple bombers. The Japanese submarines were of extreme range and size. Some were capable of cruises exceeding 20,000 miles and lasting more than 100 days. Japan built submarines that could carry aircraft. Japan built 65 submarines with ranges exceeding 20,000 miles at ten knots.

Japan thought of their submarines as scouts. There role was mostly to locate, shadow, and attack Allied naval task forces.

During World War Two, the Japanese submarine fleet was cedited with sinking 184 merchant ships. However, overall, the Japanese submarine fleet performed badly. Japan started the war with 63 ocean-going submarines, and completed 111 during the war, for a total of 174. 128 were lost during the conflict. Japan's huge boats were easy to sight visually and with radar. They were slow to dive, hard to maneuver underwater, easy to track, and easy to hit. Japanese hulls were weak. Japanese submarines had no radar until the first sets were installed in June 1944. Morale within the Japanese submarine force was very poor. Japanese commanding officers could not disguise their embarrassment.

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