Japanese submarine I-64
KD4 Type, Kadai type submarine
Service
- as I-6430 August 1930 — 10 July 19421,043 days of the war
- Name
- I-64
- Builder
- Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan
- Laid down
- 28 March 1927
- Launched
- 5 October 1929
- Commissioned
- 30 August 1930
- Decommissioned
- 15 November 1939
- Recommissioned
- 15 November 1940
- Struck
- 10 July 1942
- Fate
- Sunk, 17 May 1942 (1942)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,300 long tons (2,337 t)
- Length
- 97.7 m (320.5 ft)
- Beam
- 7.8 m (25.6 ft)
- Draught
- 4.83 m (15.8 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Range
- 10,800 nmi (20,002 km)
- Complement
- 58
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
I-64 was a KD4 Type, Kadai type submarine in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan on 28 March 1927. She entered service on 30 August 1930, having been launched on 5 October 1929.
The boat displaced 2,300 long tons submerged. She measured 97.7 m (321 ft) long with a beam of 7.8 m (26 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 58.
Her main battery was one 120 mm (4.7 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,043 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 November 1939. She recommissioned on 15 November 1940. She was struck from the register on 10 July 1942.
She was sunk on 17 May 1942, at 1°40′N 90°13′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
- Surface: 2 x Rauschenbach Mk 2 diesel engines, 6000 hp, two shafts, 230 tons fuel
- Submerged: Electric motor, 1800 hp
- Armament
- 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)/14 x 533 mm Type 89 torpedoes
- 1 x 120 mm gun
- 1 × 7.7 mm machine gun
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-64 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — 日本海軍艦艇写真集 潜水艦・潜水母艦p69 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons