Japanese submarine I-22 (1938)
- Displacement
- 2,554 long tons (2,595 t)
- Length
- 109.3 m (358.6 ft)
- Beam
- 9.1 m (29.9 ft)
- Speed
- 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h, 27 mph)
- Main gun
- 140 mm (5.5 in)
Service
- as Submarine No. 4710 March 1941 — 15 December 1942645 days of the war
- Name
- I-22
- Pennant / hull number
- 1938
- Builder
- Kawasaki Shipbuilding, Kobe, Japan
- Laid down
- 25 November 1937
- Launched
- 23 December 1938
- Commissioned
- 10 March 1941
- Struck
- 15 December 1942
- Fate
- Sunk 6 October 1942 (1942)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 2,554 long tons (2,595 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 3,561 long tons (3,618 t)
- Length
- 109.3 m (358.6 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.1 m (29.9 ft)
- Draught
- 5.3 m (17.4 ft)
- Speed
- 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h, 27 mph)
- Range
- 14,000 nmi (25,928 km)
- Main gun
- 140 mm (5.5 in)
I-22 was a Type C submarine in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1938. Kawasaki Shipbuilding, Kobe, Japan laid her keel on 25 November 1937. Launched on 23 December 1938, she entered service on 10 March 1941.
The class followed the Junsen Type B and was succeeded by the Type D / Sen'yu-Dai Type.
The boat displaced 2,554 long tons surfaced and 3,561 long tons submerged. She measured 109.3 m (359 ft) long with a beam of 9.1 m (30 ft). Her designed speed was 23.5 knots.
Her main battery was one 140 mm (5.5 in) guns. Her machinery developed 12,400 bhp.
She was in commission for 645 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 15 December 1942.
She was sunk on 6 October 1942, at 11°22′S 162°20′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
- Diesel-electric
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 12400 bhp (diesel)
- 2000 hp (electric motor)
- Armament
- 8 × bow 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 1 × 14 cm deck gun
- 2 × single or twin 25 mm Type 96 anti-aircraft guns
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-22 (1938) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.