Japanese submarine I-122
- Displacement
- 1,142 long tons (1,160 t)
- Length
- 85.2 m (279.5 ft)
- Beam
- 7.52 m (24.7 ft)
- Speed
- 14.9 knots (27.6 km/h, 17.1 mph)
- Complement
- 80
- Main gun
- 140 mm (5.5 in)
Service
- as Submarine No. 4928 October 1928 — 15 September 19452,193 days of the war
- Name
- I-122
- Builder
- Kawasaki Corporation, Kobe, Japan
- Laid down
- 28 February 1925
- Launched
- 8 November 1926
- Commissioned
- 28 October 1928
- Decommissioned
- 16 March 1933
- Recommissioned
- 15 November 1933
- Struck
- 15 September 1945
- Fate
- Sunk, 10 June 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,142 long tons (1,160 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,768 long tons (1,796 t)
- Length
- 85.2 m (279.5 ft) OA
- Beam
- 7.52 m (24.7 ft)
- Draught
- 4.42 m (14.5 ft)
- Speed
- 14.9 knots (27.6 km/h, 17.1 mph)
- Range
- 10,500 nmi (19,446 km)
- Complement
- 80
- Main gun
- 140 mm (5.5 in)
I-122 was a I-121-class submarine. Her keel was laid at Kawasaki Corporation, Kobe, Japan on 28 February 1925. She entered service on 28 October 1928, having been launched on 8 November 1926.
She was one of five ships of her class.
The boat displaced 1,142 long tons surfaced and 1,768 long tons submerged. She measured 85.2 m (280 ft) long with a beam of 7.5 m (25 ft). Her designed speed was 14.9 knots, and she carried a complement of 80.
Her main battery was one 140 mm (5.5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 16 March 1933. She recommissioned on 15 November 1933. She was struck from the register on 15 September 1945.
She was sunk on 10 June 1945, at 37°29′N 137°25′E. 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
- 2 × Rauschenbach Mk.1 diesels
- 2,400 bhp surfaced
- 1,100 shp submerged
- 2 shafts
- Armament
- 2 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 12 × 6th Year Type torpedoes
- 1 × 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun
- 42 × naval mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-122 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.