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Tonnage |
2390 tons standard displacement 2934 tons surfaced 4172 tons submerged |
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Dimensions |
357'5" by 31'4" by 17'8" 108.94m by 9.55m by 5.38m |
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Maximum speed |
17.7 knots (surfaced) 6.2 knots (submerged) |
| Dive | to 330 feet (100 m) |
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Complement |
114 |
| Aircraft | 1 seaplane |
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Armament |
1 5.5"/50
gun 2x2 25mm/60 machine gun 6 21" torpedo tubes (18 torpedoes) |
| Machinery |
2-shaft diesel (4700 hp) or
electric (1200 hp) |
| Range | 22,000 nautical miles (41,000 km) at 16 knots surfaced 75 nautical miles (139 km) at 3 knots submerged |
| Modifications |
Likely received Type 13 air search radar and Type 22 surface search radar in late 1944. |
The I-12 was a one-off modification of the A1 class (A2 class) designed to trade top speed for range. She was completed on 25 April 1944 at Kawasaki's Kobe yard and went missing from 5 January 1945 in the central Pacific.
References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2008-3-24)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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