Imperial Japanese Navy — Submarine
Japanese submarine I-34
- Length
- 108.7 m (356.6 ft)
- Beam
- 9.3 m (30.5 ft)
- Speed
- 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h, 27 mph)
- Complement
- 101
Service
- as I-3431 August 1942 — January 1944518 days of the war
Type B1 submarine
Particulars
- Name
- I-34
- Builder
- Sasebo Naval Arsenal
- Laid down
- 1 January 1941
- Launched
- 24 September 1941
- Commissioned
- 31 August 1942
- Struck
- January 1944
- Fate
- Sunk, November 13, 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Length
- 108.7 m (356.6 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.3 m (30.5 ft)
- Draught
- 5.14 m (16.9 ft)
- Speed
- 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h, 27 mph)
- Range
- 14,000 nmi (25,928 km)
- Complement
- 101
I-34 was a Type B1 submarine built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Sasebo Naval Arsenal laid her keel on 1 January 1941. She entered service on 31 August 1942, having been launched on 24 September 1941.
The class followed the Type J3 submarine and was succeeded by the Type B2 submarine.
She measured 108.7 m (357 ft) long with a beam of 9.3 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 23.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 101.
Her main battery was six 533 mm (21.0 in) guns.
She was in commission for 518 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register in January 1944.
She was sunk on 13 November 1943, at 5°17′N 100°05′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 diesels: 12400 hp
- Electric motors: 2000 hp
- Armament
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes forward
- 1 × 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun (17 torpedoes)
- Aircraft
- one seaplane (Yokosuka E14Y1 Glen)
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-27
- 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-35
- Japanese submarine I-36
- Japanese submarine I-37
- Japanese submarine I-38
- Japanese submarine I-39
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-34 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.