Japanese submarine Yu 2002 explained
Yu 2002 was an
Imperial Japanese Army transport submarine, a unit of the
Yu 2001 subclass of the Yu I type. Constructed for use during the latter stages of
World War II, she served in the waters of the
Japanese archipelago.
Construction
In the final two years of World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army constructed transport submarines — officially the Type 3 submergence transport vehicle and known to the Japanese Army as the Maru Yu — with which to supply its isolated island garrisons in the Pacific. Only submarines of the Yu I type were completed and saw service. The Yu I type was produced in four subclasses, each produced by a different manufacturer and differing primarily in the design of their conning towers and details of their gun armament. The submarines of the Yu 2001 subclass notably differed from the other Yu I-type submarines in their "repose room,"[1] a deckhouse extending aft of the conning tower which gave the crew more room and greater comfort. None of the Yu I-type submarines carried torpedoes or had torpedo tubes. Yu 2002 was a unit of the Yu 2001 subclass.[1]
Ando Iron Works (Ando Tekkojo) constructed in the Tsukishima district of Tokyo, Japan.[1] [2] She was launched on 31 March 1945.
Service history
Yu 2002 spent her operational career in Japanese home waters.[1] In January 1945, several Type I transport submarines were sent to operate from Shimoda on the southern tip of the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture on Honshu,[1] and the submarines began transport missions from Shimoda in March 1945.[1] Yu 2002 made a round-trip supply voyage from Shimoda to Hachijō-jima in the Philippine Sea sometime during 1945.[2] [1]
World War II ended with the cessation of hostilities on 15 August 1945. Yu 2002 surrendered to the Allies later in August 1945.[2] She was subsequently either scuttled or scrapped.[1]
References
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Notes and References
- Mühlthaler, p. 330.
- http://www.ijnsubsite.info/ijasubs_1.html IJA Subs, ijnsubsite.com Accessed 14 May 2022
