Japanese submarine I-31
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| Career |
|
| Laid down: |
6 December 1939 |
| Launched: |
13 March 1941 |
| Completed: |
30 May 1942 |
| Fate: |
Sunk on 13 May 1943 by gunfire |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
2,584 tons standard
3,654 tons submerged |
| Length: |
108.5 m (356.5 ft) |
| Beam: |
9.3 m (30.5 ft) |
| Draught: |
5.12 m (16.8 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
2-shaft diesel (12,400 hp) and electric motor (2,000 hp) |
| Speed: |
23 knots (43 km/h) surface, 8 knots (15 km/h) submerged |
| Range: |
14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Test depth: |
100 m (333 ft) |
| Complement: |
101 officers and men |
| Armament: |
6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes forward (17 Torpedoes) + 1 × 14 cm/50 cal. |
| Aircraft carried: |
one Yokosuka E14Y "Glen"'Type 0' reconnaissance seaplane |
I-31 was a Type B1 submarine operated during World War II. She was sunk by American destroyers near Attu.
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