Japanese submarine Ro-108
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Ro-108 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Ro-100-class submarine. Completed and commissioned in April 1943, she served in World War II, operating in the Solomon Islands campaign, the New Guinea campaign — during which she sank the United States Navy destroyer USS Henley (DD-391) — and off the Admiralty Islands. She was sunk in May 1944 during her fifth war patrol.
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Name | Submarine No. 218 |
Builder | Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan |
Laid down | 20 April 1942 |
Renamed | Ro-108 on 25 September 1942 |
Launched | 26 October 1942 |
Completed | 20 April 1943 |
Commissioned | 20 April 1943 |
Fate | Sunk 26 May 1944 |
Stricken | 10 August 1944 |
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Class and type | Ro-100-class submarine |
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Length | 60.90 m (199 ft 10 in) overall |
Beam | 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) |
Draft | 3.51 m (11 ft 6 in) |
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Test depth | 75 m (246 ft) |
Crew | 38 |
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