Japanese submarine I-22 (1938)

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 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun[1]
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 officers

References

• Hashimoto, Mochitsura (1954). Sunk: The Story of the Japanese Submarine Fleet 1942–1945. Colegrave, E.H.M. (translator). London: Cassell and Company. ASIN B000QSM3L0. 
• Hackett, Bob; Sander Kingsepp (2003). "HIJMS Submarine I-22: Tabular Record of Movement". Sensuikan!. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 10 May 2009. 
• Hackett, Bob; Sander Kingsepp (2003). "Type C1". Sensuikan!. Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 10 May 2009. 

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