YU1 1944
| 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 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
273 / 370 |
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Length, m |
39.5 pp 40.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
3.90 |
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Draught, m |
2.95 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
2 diesels / 1 electric motor |
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Power, h. p. |
400 / 75 |
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Max speed, kts |
10 / 5 |
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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 |
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Complement |
13 |
| Diving depth operational, m | 100 |
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.
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