Japanese submarine I-14

I-14 (right) beside USS Proteus (far left) and I-401 (centre left), on 29 August 1945.
Career ( Empire of Japan) Japan Imperial Japanese Navy
Name: I-14
Laid down: May 18, 1943
Launched: March 14, 1944
Commissioned: March 14, 1945
In service: 1945
Fate: sunk as target off Hawaiian Islands 28 May 1946
General characteristics
Class and type:A modified (I-13) class
Displacement:2,620 tons surfaced
4,762 tons submerged
Length:113.70 m
Beam:11.70 m
Draft:5.89 m
Propulsion:2 diesels: 4,700 hp (3,500 kW)
Electric motors: 600 hp (450 kW)
Speed:16.7 knots (30.9 km/h) surfaced
5.5 knots (10 km/h) submerged
Range:21,000 nm at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Test depth:100 m
Complement:108
Armament:6 × 533 mm forward torpedo tubes

12 torpedoes
1 × 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun[1]

10 x 25mm AA guns
Aircraft carried:2 × Aichi M6A1 Seiran seaplane

The submarine I-14 was a large, seaplane-carrying submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy of the AM type. 400 feet long and 40 feet high, it didn't see action in World War II. With a range of 21,000 nmi, it could carry two or three Aichi M6A Seiran bombers, whose wings and tail could be folded to fit into the sub.[2]

I-14 surrendered at sea at the end of the war. It was one of five subs that were brought to Hawaii at war's end, then sunk off Oahu after U.S. technicians had studied their secrets.[2] It was located in 2009 by a group from the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Campbell, John Naval Weapons of World War Two ISBN 0-87021-459-4 p.191
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 LATimes, 2 Japanese subs sunk after World War II found
  3. ↑ New York Times, 2 Sunken Japanese Subs Are Found Off Hawaii

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