Original appearance. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
As kaiten mother ship. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Part of Typ C. Identical I 46, I 47 and I 48 ordered as No. 376, 377 en 378 under the Maru Kyu Programme. Preceded by Junsen Type B and succeeded by Type D/Sen’yu-Dai Type. Boat No. 377. Laid down by Sasebo Naval Arsenal on 21 November 1942, launched on 29 September 1943, completed on 10 July 1944, converted into a Kaiten mother ship for 4 Kaiten in end 1944, later able to carry 6 Kaiten, decommissioned on 30 November 1945 and sunk as a target off the Goto Islands on 1 April 1946.
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