AM type submarine
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Operators: | Imperial Japanese Navy |
Preceding class: | A2 type submarine |
In service: | 1944 |
Out of service: | 1945 |
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Ships in class: | I-13, I-14 |
General Characteristics | |
Displacement: | 3,603 tons surfaced 4,762 tons submerged |
Length: | 372.8 ft |
Beam: | 38.5 ft |
Draft: | 19.3 ft |
Propulsion and power: | 2 diesels: 4,400 hp electric motors: 600 hp |
Speed: | 16.75 knots surfaced 5.5 knots submerged |
Range: | 21,000 nm at 16 knots |
Test depth: | 100 m (330 ft) |
Complement: | 118 officers and men |
Armament: | 6 × 533 mm forward torpedo tubes (12 torpedoes) 1 × 25 mm machine gun |
Aircraft complement: | 2 Aichi M6A1 Seiran sea-planes |
The AM (A Modified) type submarine was a large seaplane-carrying submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy, with a hangar space for 2 aircraft. These giant submarines were originally of the A2 type, but their design was revised after construction started so that they could carry a second aircraft. The seaplanes were to be the Aichi M6A1, bomber carrying 800 kg bombs.
The range and speed of these submarines was remarkable (21,000 nm at 16 knots), but their underwater performance was compromised, making them easy targets. I-13 was sunk on 16 July 1945 by the destroyer escort USS Lawrence C. Taylor and aircraft action from escort carrier USS Anzio about 550 miles east of Yokosuka. I-14 surrendered at sea at the end of the war, and was later scuttled off Oahu in 1946.
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