historians have diverging explanations of what sunk her in April 1945. The circumstances of the loss of I-56 are still unclear up to this day. She return to Japan in early November and was converted into a Kaiten carrier, able to carry four of them.Īfter her conversion, I-56 was deployed for two Kaiten missions in January 1945 and in late March 1945 but none of them was successful, mostly due to increased anti-submarine patrols. The destroyer escort USS Coolbaugh counterattacked and caused several leaks aboard the submarine that was forced to retreat. On the 25th of October, she came across Taffy 1 and fired five torpedoes but none managed to hit the target. She still damaged the tank landing ship USS LST-695 but the ship remained afloat and managed to reach Guam under tow. Task Group but some detonated too early due to their magnetic exploder. She was laid down in September 1942, launched in June 1943, and commissioned in June 1944.ĭuring her first patrol in October 1944, I-56 took part in the Battle of Leyte. I-56 was a Type B3 submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy. So… is I-56 worth it? Is her deck gun anything more than a noob trap gimmick? Here is my opinion.

A massive thank you to asalonen for that!

I finally understood how Wargaming was labeling the torpedo firing angles for submarine torpedoes and wiggling torpedoes in the game files. The ships will, later on, be available in the Armory and Premium shop with one of the first updates of 2023.Īlso, today is a great day. Both will be part of a random bundle that includes 54 bundles, each costing 1 000 doubloons. I-56 alongside S-189 will become available with Update 0.11.9. So… what was meant to happen is now happening, here is the first final review of a submarine.

World of warships submarine beta