Japanese submarine I-166
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I-66, later I-166, was a Kaidai-class cruiser submarine of the KD5 sub-class completed for the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1932. She served during World War II, supporting the Japanese invasion of Malaya and the invasion of Sarawak, taking part in the Battle of Midway, and conducting numerous war patrols in the Indian Ocean before was sunk in July 1944.
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | I-66 |
Builder | Sasebo Navy Yard, Sasebo, Japan |
Laid down | 8 November 1929 |
Launched | 2 June 1931 |
Completed | 10 November 1932 |
Commissioned | 10 November 1932 |
Decommissioned | 1 November 1934 |
Recommissioned | 1 December 1936 |
Decommissioned | 1 December 1937 |
Recommissioned | 1 September 1939 |
Renamed | I-166 on 20 May 1942 |
Fate | Sunk by HMS Telemachus, 17 July 1944 |
Stricken | 10 September 1944 |
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Class and type | Kaidai-class submarine (KD5 Type) |
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Length | 97.7 m (320 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in) |
Draft | 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) |
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Test depth | 70 m (230 ft) |
Complement | 75 |
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