Japanese submarine I-65
Service
- as I-65? — 27 June 19452,126 days of the war
- Name
- I-65
- Builder
- Kure Naval Arsenal
- Laid down
- 19 December 1929
- Launched
- 2 June 1931
- Fate
- Sunk by US aircraft, 27 June 1945
By aircraft (1945) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,705 long tons (1,732 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,330 long tons (2,367 t)
- Length
- 97.7 m (320.5 ft)
- Beam
- 8.2 m (26.9 ft)
- Draught
- 4.7 m (15.4 ft)
- Speed
- 20 knots (37 km/h, 23 mph)
- Range
- 10,800 nmi (20,002 km)
- Complement
- 75
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
I-65 was a submarine of the Kaidai-class submarine (KD5 Type) in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her keel was laid at Kure Naval Arsenal on 19 December 1929. She was launched on 2 June 1931.
20 ships of the class were built.
The boat displaced 1,705 long tons surfaced and 2,330 long tons submerged. She measured 97.7 m (321 ft) long with a beam of 8.2 m (27 ft). Her designed speed was 20 knots, and she carried a complement of 75.
Her main battery was one 120 mm (4.7 in) guns. Her machinery developed 6,000 bhp.
She was in commission for 2,126 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 27 June 1945 by aircraft, at 2°14′N 78°25′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
- 6000 bhp (diesels)
- 1800 hp (electric motors)
- Armament
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
- 1 × 120 mm deck gun
- 1 × 13.2 mm anti-aircraft machinegun
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-55 (1925)
- Japanese submarine I-57
- Japanese submarine I-58 (1925)
- Japanese submarine I-59
- Japanese submarine I-60
- Japanese submarine I-66
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-65 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p70 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons