page_title: Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy
section_title: Type B3 (I-54, I-56, I-58)
hierarchical_section_title: Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy / World War II / 1st class submarines / Type B3 (I-54, I-56, I-58)
caption_attribution_description: 伊号第五十八潜水艦 (I-58 submarine), Japanese submarine, after conversion 1945 English: Japanese submarine I-58
context_page_description: Imperial Japanese Navy submarines originated with the purchase of five Holland type submarines from the United States in 1904. Japanese submarine forces progressively built up strength and expertise, becoming by the beginning of World War II one of the world's most varied and powerful submarine fleets.
context_section_description: Eighteen of the twenty-one Type B Modified 2 or Junsen B Modified 2 type (乙型改2 or 巡潜乙型改2, (Cruiser submarine) Type B Modified 2) (I-54-class) submarines were cancelled in 1943 in favor of the Type E submarine, leaving the I-54, I-56, and I-58.
  I-54 – sank October 28, 1944 by USS Richard M. Rowell.
  I-56 – possibly sank USS Snook sometime after April 8, 1945. I-56 was herself later sunk April 18, 1945 by USS Collett.
  I-58 – sank USS Indianapolis on July 30, 1945. I-58 surrendered on September 2, 1945, and scuttled off the Goto Islands on April 1, 1946. The wreckage of I-58 was found in 2017.
caption: The Type B3 submarine I-58.
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