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{{Short description|Imperial Japanese Army Yu 1-class submarine}}
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|Header caption=Yu I type
|Ship type=[[Merchant submarine|Transport submarine]]
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|274|LT|t|0}} surfaced
*{{convert|346|LT|t|0}} submerged
|Ship length={{convert|41.40|m|ftin|abbr=on}} overall
|Ship beam= {{convert|3.90|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft={{convert|3.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*2 × [[Hesselman engine]]s
*{{convert|400|bhp|kW|0|abbr=on|order=flip}} surfaced
*{{convert|75|shp|kW|0|abbr=on|order=flip}} submerged
*single shaft
|Ship speed=*{{convert|10|kn|lk=in}} surfaced
*{{convert|4|kn}} submerged
|Ship range=*{{convert|1500|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|8|kn}} surfaced
*{{convert|32|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|4|kn}} submerged
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|Ship capacity=24 tons freight or 40 troops
|Ship complement=23
|Ship armament=*1 × [[Type 98 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun|Type 4 37 mm shipboard gun]]
*5 × [[Type 99 Light Machine Gun|Type 99 light machine guns]]
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'''''Yu 8''''' was an [[Imperial Japanese Army]] transport submarine of the ''Yu 1'' subclass of the Yu I type. Constructed for use during the latter stages of [[World War II]], she served in the waters of the [[Japanese archipelago]].

==Construction==
In the final two years of [[World War II]], the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] constructed transport submarines — officially the [[Type 3 submergence transport vehicle]] and known to the Japanese Army as the ''Maru Yu'' — with which to supply its isolated island garrisons in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Only submarines of the Yu I type were completed and saw service. The Yu I type was produced in four subclasses, each produced by a different manufacturer and differing primarily in the design of their [[conning tower]]s and details of their gun armament. None carried [[torpedo]]es or had [[torpedo tube]]s. ''Yu 8'' was a unit of the ''Yu 1'' subclass.<ref name=Mühlthaler329>Mühlthaler, p. 329.</ref>

The [[Hitachi]] Kasado Works (''Hitachi Kasado Seisakujo'') at [[Kudamatsu]], Japan, constructed {{nowrap|''Yu 8''}}.<ref name=Mühlthaler329/><ref name=ijnsubsiteijasubs>[http://www.ijnsubsite.info/ijasubs_1.html IJA Subs, ijnsubsite.com Accessed 14 May 2022]</ref> Records of the details of the construction of ''Yu 8'' have not been discovered, but the earlier Yu I-type submarines were [[Keel-laying|laid down]] and [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] during the latter half of 1943 and entered service at the end of 1943 or early in 1944.<ref name=ijnsubsiteijasubs/><ref name=Mühlthaler329330>Mühlthaler, pp. 329–330.</ref>

==Service history==
''Yu 8'' spent her operational career in [[Japanese archipelago|Japanese home waters]].<ref name=Mühlthaler330>Mühlthaler, p. 330.</ref> Surviving records of the activities of Imperial Japanese Army submarines are fragmentary,<ref name=Mühlthaler329330/><ref>Bailey, pp. 55–57, 63.</ref> and no records have been discovered describing her specific activities in support of any particular operation.<ref name=ijnsubsiteijasubs/><ref name=Mühlthaler330/>

[[World War II]] ended with the [[Victory over Japan Day|cessation of hostilities]] on 15 August 1945. ''Yu 8'' surrendered to the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] later in August 1945.<ref name=ijnsubsiteijasubs/> She subsequently either was [[Scuttling|scuttled]] or scrapped.<ref name=Mühlthaler330/>

==References==
===Footnotes===
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===Bibliography===
*{{cite book|last=Bagnasco |first=Erminio |title=Submarines of World War Two |year=1977 |publisher=[[Naval Institute Press]]|location=Annapolis, Maryland |isbn=0-87021-962-6}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Bailey |first1=Mark L. |title=Imperial Japanese Army Transport Submarines: Details of the ''YU-2'' Class Submarine ''YU-3'' |journal=[[Warship International]]|date=1998 |volume=XXXV |issue=1 |pages=55–63}}
*{{cite book|last1=Carpenter|first1=Dorr B.|last2=Polmar|first2=Norman|title=Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1904–1945|year=1986|publisher=[[Conway Publishing|Conway Maritime Press]]|location=London, England|isbn=0-85177-396-6|name-list-style=amp}}
*{{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London, England|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Mühlthaler|first1=Erich|year=1998 |title=Re:Imperial Japanese Army Transport Submarines|journal=Warship International|volume=XXXV |issue=4 |pages=329–330 |issn=0043-0374}}
*Rekishi Gunzō, History of Pacific War Extra, ''Perfect guide, The submarines of the Imperial Japanese Forces'', Gakken, Tokyo Japan, 2005, {{ISBN|4-05-603890-2}}.
*Rekishi Gunzō, History of Pacific War Vol.45, ''Truth histories of the Imperial Japanese Naval Vessels'', Gakken, Tokyo Japan, 2004, {{ISBN|4-05-603412-5}}.
*Ships of the World No.506, Kaijinsha, Tokyo Japan, 1996.
*The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.43 ''Japanese Submarines III'', Ushio Shobō, Tokyo Japan, 1980.
*Atsumi Nakashima, ''Army Submarine Fleet, "The secret project !, The men challenged the deep sea"'', Shinjinbutsu Ōraisha, Tokyo Japan, 2006, {{ISBN|4-404-03413-X}}.
*''50 year history of the Japan Steel Works'' (first volume and second volume), [[Japan Steel Works]], 1968.

{{Type 3 submergence transport vehicle}}

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