Japanese submarine I-24 (1939)
Service
- as Submarine No. 4831 October 1941 — 1 August 1943642 days of the war
- Name
- I-24
- Pennant / hull number
- 1939
- Builder
- Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo
- Laid down
- 5 December 1938
- Launched
- 12 November 1939
- Commissioned
- 31 October 1941
- Struck
- 1 August 1943
- Fate
- Sunk 11 June 1943 (1943)
- 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-24 was a Type C submarine in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1939. Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo laid her keel on 5 December 1938. She entered service on 31 October 1941, having been launched on 12 November 1939.
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 642 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 1 August 1943.
She was sunk on 11 June 1943, at 15°05′S 159°45′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)
- 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-24 (1939) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Japanese submarine collection — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons