| Career (Empire of Japan) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | I-22 |
| Builder: | Kawasaki Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | November 25, 1937 |
| Launched: | January 25, 1939 |
| Completed: | March 10, 1941 |
| Commissioned: | Yokosuka, Japan on March 10, 1941 |
| Struck: | December 15, 1942 |
| Fate: | Disappeared while on patrol near Malaita in the Solomon Islands on or around October 4, 1942 and was presumed lost with all 100 hands. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type C submarine |
| Displacement: | 2,554 long tons (2,595 t) surfaced 3,561 long tons (3,618 t) submerged |
| Length: | 358 ft 7 in (109.30 m) |
| Beam: | 29 ft 10 in (9.09 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 7 in (5.36 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Kampon Mk.2 Model 10 diesel engines, 12400 hp 2 electric motors, 2000 hp |
| Speed: | 23.6 knots (44 km/h) surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 14000 nm @ 16 knots (surfaced) 60 nm @ 3 knots (submerged) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
1 × Ko-hyoteki midget submarine |
| Complement: | 95 officers and men |
| Armament: | • 8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes • 20 × Type 95 torpedoes • 2 × Type 96 25mm AA guns • 1 x 140 mm (6 in) 11th Year Type Naval gun |
| Aircraft carried: | None |
I-22 was a submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy which saw service during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. I-22 was commissioned at Yokosuka, Japan on March 10, 1941. The submarine participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea and attack on Sydney Harbour in May and June 1942. I-22 disappeared while on patrol near Malaita in the Solomon Islands on or around October 4, 1942 and was presumed lost with all 100 hands.
| Commanding Officer | From | Until | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Equipping Officer Cdr. Akiyoshi Fujii |
20 September 1940 | 15 November 1940 |
additional duty while CO of I-2 |
| Chief Equipping Officer Cdr. Kiyoi Ageta |
15 November 1940 | 10 March 1941 | |
| Cdr. Kiyoi Ageta | 10 March 1941 | 11 July 1942 | |
| Cdr. / Capt.* Sunao Narusawa | 11 July 1942 | 12 November 1942 |
KIA; posthumous promotion to Captain |
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