Japanese submarine I-9
Service
- as I-913 February 1941 — 1 August 1943899 days of the war
- Name
- I-9
- Builder
- Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure
- Laid down
- 25 January 1938
- Launched
- 20 May 1939
- Commissioned
- 13 February 1941
- Struck
- 1 August 1943
- Fate
- Sunk off Kiska, 13 June 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 2,919 long tons (2,966 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 4,129 long tons (4,195 t)
- Length
- 113.7 m (373 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.5 m (31.2 ft)
- Draught
- 5.3 m (17.4 ft)
- Speed
- 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h, 27 mph)
- Range
- 16,000 nmi (29,632 km)
- Main gun
- 140 mm (5.5 in)
I-9 was a Type A1 submarine in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure laid her keel on 25 January 1938. Launched on 20 May 1939, she entered service on 13 February 1941.
The class followed the Type J3 submarine and was succeeded by the Type A2 submarine.
The boat displaced 2,919 long tons surfaced and 4,129 long tons submerged. She measured 113.7 m (373 ft) long with a beam of 9.5 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 23.5 knots.
Her main battery was one 140 mm (5.5 in) guns. She carried one aircraft. Her machinery developed 12,400 bhp.
She was in commission for 899 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 1 August 1943.
She was sunk on 13 June 1943, at 27°42′N 147°38′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
- 1 × electric motor
- Power
- 12400 bhp (diesel)
- 2400 hp (electric motor)
- Armament
- 6 × bow 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 1 × 14 cm deck gun
- 2 × twin 25 mm Type 96 anti-aircraft guns
- Aircraft
- 1 × Yokosuka E14Y seaplane
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese submarine I-9 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: ＧＴサン — KKベストセラーズ『写真 日本海軍全艦艇史』 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons