I-52-class submarine
{{Short description|Cargo submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name= |Builders=Mitsubishi |Operators= Image:Naval Ensign of Japan.svg Imperial Japanese Navy |Class before=Type C submarine |Class after= |Subclasses= |Cost= |Built range=1942–1944 |In service range= |In commission range=1943–1945 |Total ships building= |Total ships planned=20 |Total ships completed=3 |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active= |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost=2 |Total ships retired= |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type= |Ship displacement=*2,095 tonnes standard
|Ship length= {{convert|356|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|30|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= |Ship draft={{convert|16|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship decks= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=*Diesel-electric
|Ship speed=*{{convert|17.75|kn|km/h}} surfaced
|Ship range= {{convert|21000|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|16|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth={{convert|100|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship capacity= |Ship complement= 94 officers and men |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*2 × 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun calibre deck gun
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The {{nihongo|Type C3 submarine|巡潜丙型改潜水艦|Junsen Hei-gata kai sensuikan, "Cruiser submarine type C modified"}}, also called {{nihongo|I-52-class submarine|伊五十二型潜水艦|I-go-jū-ni-gata sensuikan}} were operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by Mitsubishi Corporation, between 1943 and 1944, as cargo carriers.
The Japanese constructed only three of these during World War II, although twenty were planned.{{cite web |title=Type C3 |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/type_c3.htm |website=combinedfleet.com |accessdate=11 February 2020}}
- {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-52|1942|2}} was laid down on 18 March 1942, and she was commissioned on 28 December 1943 into the 11th Submarine Squadron. After training in Japan she was selected for a Yanagi (exchange) mission to Germany. She was sunk on 24 June 1944 by aircraft from {{USS|Bogue|CVE-9}} {{convert|800|mi|km|abbr=on}} southwest of the Azores. Her cargo consisted of rubber, gold, quinine, and Japanese engineers to Germany.
- {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-53|1942|2}} survived the war, but she was scuttled by the US Navy off the Gotō Islands in 1946.
- {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-55|1943|2}} was sunk after three months in commission by destroyer {{USS|Gilmer|DD-233|6}} and destroyer escort {{USS|William C. Miller|DE-259|6}} off Saipan on 14 July 1944.