Japanese submarine I-55 (1925)
Service
- as Submarine No. 785 September 1927 — September 19452,193 days of the war
- Name
- I-55
- Pennant / hull number
- 1925
- Builder
- Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan
- Laid down
- 1 April 1924
- Launched
- 2 September 1925
- Commissioned
- 5 September 1927
- Decommissioned
- 10 February 1932
- Recommissioned
- 20 February 1934
- Fate
- Surrendered September 1945
Stricken 20 November 1945
Scuttled 8 May 1946 (1945) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,800 long tons (1,829 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,300 long tons (2,337 t)
- Length
- 100 m (328.1 ft)
- Beam
- 8 m (26.2 ft)
- Draught
- 4.82 m (15.8 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Range
- 10,000 nmi (18,520 km)
- Complement
- 60
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
I-55 was a submarine of the Kaidai-class submarine (KD3A Type) built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1925. Her keel was laid at Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan on 1 April 1924. She entered service on 5 September 1927, having been launched on 2 September 1925.
20 ships of the class were built.
The boat displaced 1,800 long tons surfaced and 2,300 long tons submerged. She measured 100 m (328 ft) long with a beam of 8 m (26 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 60.
Her main battery was one 120 mm (4.7 in) guns. Her machinery developed 6,800 bhp.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 10 February 1932. She recommissioned on 20 February 1934.
She was scuttled in September 1945, at 6°18′S 111°36′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
- 6800 bhp (diesels)
- 1800 hp (electric motors)
- Armament
- 8 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern)
- 1 × 120 mm deck gun (removed April 1945)
- 2 x kaiten (added April 1945)
Sister ships
- Japanese submarine I-152
- Japanese submarine I-153
- Japanese submarine I-154
- Japanese submarine I-155
- Japanese submarine I-156
- Japanese submarine I-157
- Japanese submarine I-158
- Japanese submarine I-159
- Japanese submarine I-165
- Japanese submarine I-166
- Japanese submarine I-52 (1923)
- Japanese submarine I-53 (1925)
- Japanese submarine I-54 (1926)
- Japanese submarine I-57
- Japanese submarine I-58 (1925)
- Japanese submarine I-59
- Japanese submarine I-60
- Japanese submarine I-65
- Japanese submarine I-66
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-55 (1925) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: The Navy Association of Japan — The Japanese book "軍艦写真帖" (pictures of warships) a revised edition — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons