Japanese submarine Ro-44
| History | |
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| Japan | |
| Name | Submarine No. 385 |
| Builder | Mitsui Zosensho, Tamano, Japan |
| Laid down | 14 February 1942 |
| Renamed | Ro-44 on 1 November 1942 |
| Launched | 11 November 1942 |
| Completed | 13 September 1943 |
| Commissioned | 13 September 1943 |
| Fate | Sunk 16 June 1944 |
| Stricken | 10 August 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kaichū type submarine (K6 subclass) |
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| Length | 80.5 m (264 ft 1 in) overall |
| Beam | 7 m (23 ft 0 in) |
| Draft | 4.07 m (13 ft 4 in) |
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| Test depth | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Crew | 61 |
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Ro-44 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaichū type submarine of the K6 sub-class. Completed and commissioned in September 1943, she served in the central Pacific Ocean during World War II and was sunk in June 1944 during her second war patrol.