page_title: Kaiten
section_title: Specifications
hierarchical_section_title: Kaiten / Types / Type 2 / Specifications
caption_attribution_description: English: View through access hatch of a Kaiten type 2's peroxide tank. Just about visible is the asphalt coating, so this is in the early stages of the complex preparation process.
context_page_description: Kaiten were manned torpedoes and suicide craft, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the final stages of World War II.
context_section_description: Total weight: 18.37 t (18.08 long tons)
  Length: 16.5 m (54 ft)
  Diameter:: 1.35 m (4.4 ft)
  Warhead 1,500 kg (3,300 lb)
  Detonation mechanism: Contact, manual electric fuze
  Engine: 4.3 l (260 cu in) U8 engine. Wet heater 1,110 kW (1,490 hp)
  Propellant: Diesel, hydrogen peroxide, hydrazine hydrate, and sea water
  Maximum range: 83 km (45 nmi)
  Maximum speed: 75 km/h (40 kn)
  Maximum operating depth: 100 m (330 ft)
  Number built: 1 prototype (Hiro Naval Arsenal: 1)
caption: Inside the hydrogen peroxide chamber of a type 2 Kaiten
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