Imperial War
Museum. Via CombinedFleet.com
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Tonnage |
2184 tons standard |
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Dimensions |
350'10" by 29'10" by 17'6" 106.93m by 9.09m by 5.33m |
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Maximum speed |
23.6 knots (surfaced) 8 knots (submerged) |
| Complement |
101 |
| Dive | to 330 feet (100 meters) |
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Armament |
1 5.5"/50
gun 2 25mm/60 machine gun 8 21" torpedo tubes (20 torpedoes) |
| Machinery |
2-shaft diesel (12,400 hp) or
electric (2000 hp) |
| Range | 14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km) at 16 knots surfaced 60 nautical miles (110km) at 3 knots submerged |
| Modifications | Fitted for midget submarines for the Pearl Harbor attack |
The C1s
or Hei-gata were based
on the K6As and
were similar to the A and B series
except for the absence of a float
plane. All were deployed off Pearl
Harbor to launch midget submarines on the morning of the fateful
attack. The C1s later served
as mother ships off Diego Suarez (Madagascar), Sydney, and Guadalcanal.
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Southwest of Pearl Harbor |
Sunk 1944-5-19 off Solomons
by England |
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| I-18 | South-southwest of Pearl Harbor | Sunk 1943-2-11 off San Cristobal by Fletcher |
| I-20 | South of Pearl Harbor | Sunk 1944-9-3 off Espiritu Santo by Ellett |
| I-22 | Southeast of Pearl Harbor | Missing from 1942-10-5 off Malaita |
| I-24 | East-southeast of Pearl Harbor | Sunk 1943-6-10 off Attu by PC-487 |
References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2009-11-6)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia © 2007, 2009 by Kent G. Budge. Index
