Japanese submarine I-177

I-176, lead submarine of the class that included I-177
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Submarine No. 155
Builder	Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan
Laid down	10 March 1941
Renamed	I-77 on 17 December 1941
Launched	20 December 1941
Renamed	I-177 on 20 May 1942
Commissioned	28 December 1942
Fate	Sunk 3 October 1944
Stricken	1 March 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Kaidai type, KD7-class
Displacement	1,630 long tons (1,656 t) surfaced 2,602 long tons (2,644 t) submerged
Length	105.5 m (346 ft 2 in)
Beam	8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
Draft	4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × Kampon Mk.1B Model 8 diesels, 2 shafts; 8,000 bhp (5,966 kW) Electric motors: 1,800 shp (1,342 kW)
Speed	23.1 knots (42.8 km/h; 26.6 mph) surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced 50 nmi (93 km; 58 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Test depth	80 m (262 ft)
Complement	86
Armament	6 × 533 mm forward torpedo tubes 12 × Type 95 torpedoes 1 × 120 mm (4.7 in) 11th Year Type Naval gun 2 × Type 96 25mm AA guns

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.