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Japanese Submarine I-177

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Japanese Submarine I-177
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Sister ship I-176 - N. Polmar, D. Carpenter. Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1904—1945. — Conway Maritime Press, 1986
History
Name Japanese Submarine I-177
Owner Japanese Navy
Builder Kawasaki, Kobe
Launched 20 Dec 1941
Completed 28 Dec 1942
In service 28 Dec 1942
Out of service 3 Oct 1944
Fate sunk by USS Samuel S. Miles
General characteristics
Type Kaidai class Submarine
Tonnage 2,644 tons submerged
Length 105.5 m (346 ft 2 in)
Beam 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
Depth 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Propulsion Diesel and electric twin screw
Speed 23.1 knots (42.8 km/h)
Capacity 86 crew



Remarks

I-177 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaidai-type cruiser submarine of the KD7 subclass commissioned in 1942. She served during World War II, patrolling off Australia, taking part in the New Guinea campaign, operating in the North Pacific, and participating in the Palau campaign before she was sunk by the destroyer escort USS Samuel S. Miles (DE-183) in 1944, with no survivors.


On her first war patrol she sank two ships, the second being SS Centaur an Australian Hospital Ship enroute from Sydney to Port Moresby.