Japanese submarine I-27
Service
- as I-2724 February 1942 — 12 February 1944718 days of the war
- Name
- I-27
- Builder
- Sasebo Naval Arsenal
- Laid down
- 5 July 1939
- Launched
- 6 June 1940
- Commissioned
- 24 February 1942
- Fate
- Sunk February 12, 1944 (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 2,589 long tons (2,631 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 3,654 long tons (3,713 t)
- Length
- 108.7 m (356.6 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.3 m (30.5 ft)
- Draught
- 5.1 m (16.7 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-27 was a Type B1 submarine in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Sasebo Naval Arsenal on 5 July 1939. She entered service on 24 February 1942, having been launched on 6 June 1940.
The class followed the Type J3 submarine and was succeeded by the Type B2 submarine.
The boat displaced 2,589 long tons surfaced and 3,654 long tons submerged. She measured 108.7 m (357 ft) long with a beam of 9.3 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 718 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 12 February 1944, at 10°00′N 71°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
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Diesel-electric
- 1 × diesel engine
- 1 × electric motor
- Power
- 12400 bhp (diesel)
- 2000 hp (electric motor)
- Armament
- 6 × bow 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 1 × 14 cm deck gun
- 2 × single 25 mm Type 96 anti-aircraft guns
- Aircraft
- 1 × floatplane
Sister ships
- Japanese submarine I-15
- Japanese submarine I-17
- Japanese submarine I-19
- Japanese submarine I-21
- Japanese submarine I-23
- Japanese submarine I-26
- Japanese submarine I-28
- Japanese submarine I-29
- Japanese submarine I-30
- Japanese submarine I-31
- Japanese submarine I-32
- Japanese submarine I-33
- Japanese submarine I-34
- Japanese submarine I-35
- Japanese submarine I-36
- Japanese submarine I-37
- Japanese submarine I-38
- Japanese submarine I-39
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-27 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Maru Graphic Japanese Submarines Volume 1 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons