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Tonnage |
2620 tons standard displacement 3603 tons surfaced 4762 tons submerged |
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Dimensions |
340'3" by 38'5" by 19'4" 103.71m by 11.71m by 5.89m |
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Maximum speed |
16.7 knots (surfaced) 5.5 knots (submerged) |
| Dive | to 330 feet (100 m) |
| Complement |
108 |
| Aircraft | 2 M6A Seiran seaplanes |
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Armament |
1 5.5"/50
gun 2x3, 1x1 25mm/60 machine gun 6 21" torpedo tubes (12 torpedoes) |
| Machinery |
2-shaft diesel (4400 hp) or
electric (600 hp) |
| Range | 21,000 nautical miles (39,000 km) at 16 knots surfaced 60 nautical miles (110 km) at 3 knots submerged |
| Modifications | At some point, the units of this class were fitted with schnorkels |
The modified As
were based on
the I-12 (A2).
They were very large submarines capable of carrying two seaplanes
each. The boats also had an anechoic coating of synthetic rubber mixed
with sand with a thin plastic covering and were equipped with snorkels. The submarines were modified
specifically to reinforce the Sen-toku class submarines in
their strike against the Panama
Canal.
We list here only those units that were completed
before the surrender. Two additional units were laid down but not completed and three more units ordered but never laid down.
| Sunk 1945-7-16 off Yokosuka
by Lawrence C. Taylor
and aircraft from Anzio |
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| I-14 | Completed 1945-3-14 (Kawasaki-Kobe) |
References
CombinedFleet.com (accessed 2 January 2007)
Jentschura, Jung, and Mickel (1977)
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