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Tonnage |
2231 tons standard 2525 tons surfaced 3583 tons submerged |
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Dimensions |
355'4" by 29'10" by 17'3" 108.31m by 9.09m by 5.26m |
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Maximum speed |
23 knots (surfaced) 8 knots (submerged) |
| Dive | to 330 feet (100 meters) |
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Complement |
80 |
| Aircraft | 1 seaplane |
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Armament |
2 5.5"/50
gun 2x2, 1x1 13mm/76 machine guns 6 21" torpedo tubes (20 torpedoes) |
| Machinery |
2-shaft diesel (11,200 hp) or
electric (2800 hp) |
| Bunkerage | 800 tons diesel oil |
| Range | 14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km) at 16 knots surfaced 60 nautical miles (110 km) at 3 knots submerged |
| Modifications | 1943: Light antiaircraft modified by replacing one 13mm machine gun mount with a twin 25mm/76
AA gun. I-8 fitted with a twin 5.5" gun for her trip to Germany. 1945: I-8 converted to a Kaiten carrier (capacity 4 Kaiten) by removing the 5.5" guns and aircraft handling facilities. |
The J3s
were a purely
Japanese design incorporating a seaplane hangar sunk into the deck
casing. Though designated as long-range cruising submarines (Junyo
sensuikan), they were based less on the J2
class than on the KD series of classes. Their design included facilities allowing them to operate as flagships for squadron commanders. Completed in 1937-1938, they were the largest and most capable submarines developed by the Japanese prior to war.
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North of Kauai |
Crippled and run aground on 1943-6-22 off Kiska by Monaghan Destroyed by aircraft 1943-7-5 |
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| I-8 | South of Oahu | Sunk 1945-3-31 off Okinawa by Morrison and Stockton. |
References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2007-12-17)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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