Japanese submarine I-53 (1942)

History
Empire of Japan
Name	Submarine No. 626
Builder	Kure Navy Yard, Kure, Hiroshima
Laid down	15 May 1942
Renamed	I-53 on 1 November 1942
Launched	24 December 1942
Completed	20 February 1944
Commissioned	20 February 1944
Fate	Surrendered 1945; Stricken 30 November 1945; Scuttled 1 April 1946;
General characteristics
Class and type	Type C3 submarine
Displacement	2,605 tonnes (2,564 long tons) surfaced; 3,702 tonnes (3,644 long tons) submerged;
Length	108.7 m (356 ft 8 in) overall
Beam	9.3 m (30 ft 6 in)
Draft	5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Installed power	4,700 bhp (3,500 kW) (diesel); 1,200 hp (890 kW) (electric motor);
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; 1 × diesel engine; 1 × electric motor;
Speed	17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) surfaced; 6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph) submerged;
Range	27,000 nmi (50,000 km; 31,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced; 105 nmi (194 km; 121 mi) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged;
Test depth	100 m (330 ft)
Crew	94
Armament	6 × bow 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 2 × 14 cm (5.5 in) deck gun; 1 × twin 25 mm (1 in) Type 96 anti-aircraft guns;

The second I-53 was the second of three Type C cruiser submarines of the C3 sub-class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Commissioned in February 1944, she operated primarily as a kaiten manned suicide attack torpedo carrier during the final year of World War II and sank the destroyer escort USS Underhill (DE-682). Surrendered at the end of the war, she was scuttled by the United States Navy in 1946.

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