Japanese submarine I-3

I-3 was a J1 type submarine. Her keel was laid at Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, Kobe, Japan on 1 November 1923. She entered service on 30 November 1926, having been launched on 8 June 1925.

The Type J1M submarine followed.

The boat displaced 2,135 long tons surfaced and 2,791 long tons submerged. She measured 97.5 m (320 ft) long with a beam of 9.1 m (30 ft). She carried a complement of 68. Her main battery was of 140 mm (5.5 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 1,237 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 November 1935. She recommissioned on 1 December 1936. She was struck from the register on 20 January 1943.

She was sunk on 9 December 1942 by torpedo, at 31°33′S 114°11′E. The wreck survives.

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