Japanese submarine Ro-30
| History | |
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| Japan | |
| Name | Submarine No. 69 |
| Builder | Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan |
| Laid down | 27 June 1921 |
| Launched | 18 January 1923 |
| Completed | 29 April 1924 |
| Commissioned | 29 April 1924 |
| Renamed | Ro-30 on 1 November 1924 |
| Decommissioned | 15 December 1938 |
| Stricken | 1 April 1942 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kaichū type submarine (K5 subclass) |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 74.22 m (243 ft 6 in) overall |
| Beam | 6.12 m (20 ft 1 in) |
| Draft | 3.73 m (12 ft 3 in) |
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| Test depth | 45.7 m (150 ft) |
| Crew | 44 |
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Ro-30, originally named Submarine No. 69, was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaichu-Type submarine of the Kaichu V (Toku Chu) subclass. She was in commission from 1924 to 1938, seeing service in the waters of Formosa and Japan, then served as a stationary training hulk during World War II.