Japanese submarine I-10
Service
- as I-1031 October 1941 — 10 October 19441,078 days of the war
- Name
- I-10
- Builder
- Kawasaki, Kobe
- Laid down
- 7 June 1938
- Launched
- 29 September 1939
- Commissioned
- 31 October 1941
- Struck
- 10 October 1944
- Fate
- Sunk 4 July 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 2,919 long tons (2,966 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 4,129 long tons (4,195 t)
- Length
- 113.7 m (373 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.5 m (31.2 ft)
- Draught
- 5.3 m (17.4 ft)
- Speed
- 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h, 27 mph)
- Range
- 16,000 nmi (29,632 km)
- Main gun
- 140 mm (5.5 in)
I-10 was a Type A1 submarine, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Kawasaki, Kobe on 7 June 1938. Launched on 29 September 1939, she entered service on 31 October 1941.
The class followed the Type J3 submarine and was succeeded by the Type A2 submarine.
The boat displaced 2,919 long tons surfaced and 4,129 long tons submerged. She measured 113.7 m (373 ft) long with a beam of 9.5 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 23.5 knots.
Her main battery was one 140 mm (5.5 in) guns. She carried one aircraft. Her machinery developed 12,400 bhp.
She was in commission for 1,078 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 10 October 1944.
She was sunk on 4 July 1944, at 8°00′N 152°00′W. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Diesel-electric
- 1 × diesel engine
- 1 × electric motor
- Power
- 12400 bhp (diesel)
- 2400 hp (electric motor)
- Armament
- 6 × bow 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 1 × 14 cm deck gun
- 2 × twin 25 mm Type 96 anti-aircraft guns
- Aircraft
- 1 × Yokosuka E14Y seaplane
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-10 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — 日本海軍艦艇写真集 潜水艦・潜水母艦p22 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons