Japanese submarine I-124

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)

I-121-class submarine Particulars

Name: I-124
Builder: Kawasaki Corporation, Kobe, Japan
Laid down: 17 April 1926
Launched: 12 December 1927
Decommissioned: 25 May 1935
Recommissioned: 15 November 1935
Struck: 30 April 1942
Fate: Sunk 20 January 1942 (1942)
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-124 was a I-121-class submarine. Her keel was laid at Kawasaki Corporation, Kobe, Japan on 17 April 1926. She was launched on 12 December 1927.

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 decommissioned on 25 May 1935. She recommissioned on 15 November 1935. She was struck from the register on 30 April 1942.

She was sunk on 20 January 1942, at 15°00′N 120°00′E. The wreck survives.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

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-124 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.