Japanese submarine I-351
I-351 in 1945. | |
| History | |
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| Japan | |
| Name | Submarine No. 655 |
| Builder | Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan |
| Laid down | 1 May 1943 |
| Renamed | I-361 on 22 December 1943 |
| Launched | 24 February 1944 |
| Completed | 28 January 1945 |
| Commissioned | 28 January 1945 |
| Fate | Sunk, 15 July 1945 |
| Stricken | 15 September 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Senho Type submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 111.00 m (364 ft 2 in) overall |
| Beam | 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) |
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| Test depth | 90 m (300 ft) |
| Complement | 77 + 13 aircrew |
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I-351 was an I-351-class (Senho type submarine (潜補型潜水艦, Sen-Ho-gata sensuikan) tanker/transport submarine built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Originally designed to support flying boats in forward areas, she was converted into a tanker. The only submarine of her class to be completed, she was commissioned in late January 1945 and was sunk on the return leg of her second voyage in July 1945.