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On the surface, the B1s had a range of 14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km; 16,000 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph); submerged, they had a range of 96 nmi (178 km; 110 mi) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph). [3] The boats were armed with six internal bow 53.3 cm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes and carried a total of 17 torpedoes.
The Guadalcanal campaign began on 7 August 1942 with U.S. amphibious landings on Guadalcanal, Tulagi, Florida Island, Gavutu, and Tanambogo in the southeastern Solomon Islands. [2] I-33 got underway from Kure on 15 August 1942 bound for a war patrol in the Solomons area, where she took up a position as part of submarine picket line south of San ...
17 torpedoes. 1 × 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun [1] Aircraft carried. 1 Yokosuka E14Y seaplane. I-39 was an Imperial Japanese Navy B1 type submarine. Completed and commissioned in 1943, she served in World War II, operating in support of Japanese forces in the Battle of Tarawa before she was sunk in November 1943.
Armament. 6 × bow 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes. 1 × 14 cm (5.5 in) deck gun. 2 × single 25 mm (1 in) Type 96 anti-aircraft guns. Aircraft carried. 1 × floatplane. Aviation facilities. 1 × catapult. The Japanese submarine I-31 was one of 20 Type B cruiser submarines of the B1 sub-class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the ...
Complement. 114. Armament. 6 × 533 mm (21 in) forward torpedo tubes. 17 torpedoes. 1 × 14 cm (5.5 in) deck gun (removed late 1943) I-43 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Type B2 submarine. Completed and commissioned in 1943, she served in World War II and was sunk during her first deployment in February 1944.
Construction and commissioning. Ordered under the Rapid Naval Armaments Supplement Programme and built by the Kure Navy Yard at Kure, Japan, I-53 was laid down on 15 May 1942 with the name Submarine No. 626. [4] She was numbered I-53 and provisionally attached to the Kure Naval District on 1 November 1942; [4] she was the second Japanese ...
After the attack, I-27 attempted to hide under Khedive Ismail ' s survivors who were floating in the water. Nevertheless, the British destroyers HMS Paladin and HMS Petard located the submarine and destroyed it with depth charges , ramming, and torpedoes at 01°25′N 72°22′E / 1.417°N 72.367°E / 1.417; 72
6 × 533 mm (21 in) forward torpedo tubes. 17 torpedoes. 1 × 14 cm (5.5 in) Deck Gun. I-40 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Type B2 submarine. Completed and commissioned in 1943, she served in World War II and disappeared after departing for her first war patrol in November 1943.