WoWs Submarine I-56

Overview

The second Otsu-Gata Type B3 submarine was commissioned in June 1944. I-56 took part in the defense of the Philippine Islands and engaged in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, during which she sustained damage. In 1944, she was converted into a Kaiten torpedo carrier. I-56 was lost in the course of the Battle of Okinawa, and the circumstances of her loss remain unknown.