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I-26

IJN I-26

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeSubmarine
ClassB1
WarSecond World War
Main guns6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes fwd

Torpedoed Saratoga on 31 August 1942 and sank the crippled Juneau on 13 November.

Japanese submarine I-26 on sea trials off the Hiroshima Bay Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes fwd
  • (17 torpedoes)
  • 1 × 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun
BuilderKure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan
Laid down7 June 1939
Launched10 April 1940
Commissioned6 November 1941
Displacement2,584 tons surfaced 3,654 tons submerged
Length108.7 m (356 ft 8 in)
Speed23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph) surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Complement94 officers and men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

10 April 1940

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: first night
Survived

13 November 1942

Sank Juneau

Fate

Sunk

Sunk 17 November 1944