Japanese submarine I-47
Service
- as Submarine No. 37710 July 1944 — 2 September 1945419 days of the war
- Name
- I-47
- Builder
- Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo, Japan
- Laid down
- 21 November 1942
- Launched
- 29 September 1943
- Commissioned
- 10 July 1944
- Fate
- Surrendered 2 September 1945
Stricken 30 November 1945
Scuttled 1 April 1946 (1945) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 2,554 long tons (2,595 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 3,564 long tons (3,621 t)
- Length
- 109.3 m (358.6 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.1 m (29.9 ft)
- Draught
- 5.35 m (17.6 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-47 was a Type C submarine, operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo, Japan on 21 November 1942. Launched on 29 September 1943, she entered service on 10 July 1944.
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 3,564 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 419 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 2 September 1945, at 2°33′S 140°06′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, 751 tons fuel
- 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-47 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Imperial Japanese Navy — The Maru Special No.132 Japanese submarines I — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons