Japanese submarine I-168

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:submarine
gptkbp:active_years 1943-1944
gptkbp:armament torpedoes
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_Kiyoshi_Saito
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_Masaharu_Yamamoto
gptkbp:commissioned 1943
gptkbp:crew 65 personnel
gptkbp:deck_gun 1 x 76 mm gun
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:design K6 design
gptkbp:displacement 1,500 tons
gptkbp:fate sunk
gptkbp:home_port Kure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese submarine I-168
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1942
gptkbp:length gptkb:100_meters
gptkbp:location near Leyte
gptkbp:mission October 1944
gptkbp:notable_event sank USS Wahoo
gptkbp:notable_mission sank USS Wahoo
gptkbp:notable_ships 6 torpedoes
gptkbp:number_of_missions 10 missions
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:operational_period 1943-1944
gptkbp:operational_status combat-ready
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:range 10,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:result sunk by enemy aircraft.
gptkbp:sank_in_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkbp:service gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:speed 23 knots
gptkbp:submarine_class B-class submarine
gptkbp:sunk gptkb:naval_warfare
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:US_forces
merchant ships
October 1944
near the Philippines
American aircraft
gptkbp:sunk_by_aircraft gptkb:B-24_Liberator
gptkbp:sunk_in_action during patrol
gptkbp:survivors none after sinking
gptkbp:type Type B submarine
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Yorktown
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4