A1 type submarine
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| Operators: |  Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceding class: | J3 type submarine |
| Following class: | A2 type submarine |
| In service: | 1941 |
| Out of service: | 1944 |
| Ships in Class | |
| Ships in class: | I-9, I-10, I-11 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,919 tons surfaced 4,149 tons submerged |
| Length: | 372.8 ft |
| Beam: | 31.3 ft |
| Draft: | 17.5 ft |
| Propulsion and power: | 2 diesels: 12,400 hp electric motors: 2,400 hp |
| Speed: | 23.5 knots surfaced 8 knots submerged |
| Range: | 16,000 nautical miles at 16 knots |
| Test depth: | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Complement: | 114 officers and men |
| Armament: | 6 × 533 mm forward torpedo tubes 18 torpedoes 1 × 140 mm 50 calibre gun |
| Aircraft complement: | 1 Yokosuka E14Y seaplane |
A1 Type submarines were submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, equipped with an aircraft. The design was an adaptation of the J3 Type design, with the hangar opening forward of the conning tower.
Three boats were built, and equipped with communication facilities allowing them to operate as the command ships for groups of submarines.
- I-9 was sunk by destroyer USS Frazier in the Aleutians on 11 June 1943.
- I-10 was sunk by destroyer USS David W. Taylor and destroyer escort USS Riddle east of Saipan on 4 July 1944.
- I-11 disappeared off Ellice Island on 11 January 1944.
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