Kaidai-type submarine
Kaidai VII (I-176 class)

Kaidai-type submarine

Section Title: Kaidai VII (I-176 class)
Table Section Text: None

Boat No.	Boat	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Results	Fate

154	I-176 (ex-I-76)	Kure Naval Arsenal	22 June 1940 as I-76	7 June 1941	4 August 1942 as I-176	Damaged USS Chester on 20 October 1942 Sank USS Corvina on 17 November 1943	Sunk by USS Franks and USS Haggard northwest of Buka Island on 17 May 1944.

155	I-177 (ex-I-77)	Kawasaki, Kōbe Shipyard	10 March 1941 as I-77	20 December 1941	28 December 1942 as I-177	Sank RMS Limerick on 26 April 1943 Sank AHS Centaur on 14 May 1943	Sunk by USS Steele and USS Samuel S. Miles northwest of Palau on 3 October 1944

156	I-178 (ex-I-78)	Mitsubishi, Kōbe Shipyard	21 May 1941 as I-78	24 February 1942	26 December 1942 as I-178	Sank Liberty ship Lydia M. Child on 27 April 1943	Lost sometime after 17 June 1943 during a patrol off eastern Australia. Cause of loss not known, but some sources state that she was sunk by Royal Australian Air Force aircraft.

157	I-179 (ex-I-79)	Kawasaki, Kōbe Shipyard	21 August 1941 as I-79	16 July 1942 as I-179	8 June 1943	Lost in an accident at Iyo Nada on 9 July 1943

158	I-180 (ex-I-80)	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	17 April 1941 as I-80	7 February 1942 as I-180	15 January 1943	Sank Australian merchant ship Wollongbar on 29 April 1943 Sank Norwegian merchant ship SS Fingal 5 May 1943 Damaged Australian merchant vessel Ormiston on 12 May 1943 Damaged Australian merchant-man Caradale on 12 May 1943	Sunk by USS Gilmore at Dutch Harbor 55°10′N 155°40′W / 55.167°N 155.667°W on 27 April 1944

159	I-181	Kure Naval Arsenal	11 November 1941	2 May 1942	25 May 1943	(1). Sunk by USN destroyer and patrol torpedo boat in New Guinea on 16 January 1944 (2).

160	I-182	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	10 November 1941	20 May 1942	10 May 1943	(1). Sunk by USS Wadsworth at Espiritu Santo on 1 September 1943 (2).

161	I-183	Kawasaki, Kōbe Shipyard	26 December 1941	21 January 1943	3 October 1943	Sunk by USS Pogy south of Shikoku on 28 April 1944

162	I-184	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	1 April 1942	12 December 1942	15 October 1943	Sunk by aircraft from USS Suwannee southeast of Saipan on 19 June 1944

163	I-185	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal	9 February 1942	16 September 1942	23 September 1943	Sunk by USS Newcomb and USS Chandler northwest of Saipan on 22 June 1944

Sentence(s)

Ten Kaidai VIIs (I-176 to I-185) were completed over the course of 1942 and 1943.

final_sentence: Ten Kaidai VIIs (I-176 to I-185) were completed over the course of 1942 and 1943.