Japanese submarine Ro-57
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Ro-57, originally named Submarine No. 46, was an Imperial Japanese Navy Type L submarine of the L3 subclass. Except for a few months in 1938, she was in commission from 1922 to 1945. During World War II, she served on second-line duties in Japan.
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Name | Submarine No. 46 |
Builder | Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan |
Laid down | 20 November 1920 |
Launched | 3 December 1921 |
Completed | 30 July 1922 |
Commissioned | 30 July 1922 |
Renamed | Ro-57 on 1 November 1924 |
Decommissioned | 1 November 1938 |
Recommissioned | 1 April 1939 |
Decommissioned | 1 May 1945 |
Stricken | 1 May 1945 |
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Class and type | Japanese Type L submarine (L3 subclass) |
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Length | 72.89 m (239 ft 2 in) overall |
Beam | 7.16 m (23 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 3.96 m (13 ft 0 in) |
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Test depth | 60 m (197 ft) |
Crew | 46 |
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