"U-Kanamono" 1944
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Names |
14 boats |
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Builders |
Kure K K: 14 boats |
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Commissioned |
1944: 14 boats |
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Losses |
none |
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Transfers |
none |
| Discarding | surrendered 8.1945 and BU: 14 boats |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
15 |
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Length, m |
14.0 |
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Breadth, m |
2.00 |
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Draught, m |
2.00 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 pressured air torpedo motor |
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Power, h. p. |
|
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Max speed, kts |
3 |
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Fuel, t |
none |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament |
1 - 450 TT (bow, 1) |
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Complement |
2 |
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Diving depth operational, m |
0 (escape hatch had be above water) |
Project history: Small assault craft for local defence, without depth control and periscope. They can not submerge fully and had to be steeres from CT.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: These boats never went to sea and surrendered in August, 1945.
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