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- Class variants Type-A (I-9 class) Type-A Mod.1 (I-12 class) Type-A Mod.2 (I-13 class) V21 Type
- Characteristics
- Footnotes
- Bibliography
- See also
{{Distinguish | Type A Kō-hyōteki-class submarine}}{{Infobox ship class overviewName=Type-A submarines | Builders=*Kure Naval Arsenal | Empire of Japan}} | Class before=Junsen type submarine | Class after= | Subclasses=*Type-A (I-9-class)- Type-A Modified 1 (I-12-class)
- Type-A Modified 2 (I-13-class)
| Cost= | Built range=1938–1945 | In service range= | In commission range=1941–1945 | Total ships building= | Total ships planned= | Total ships completed= | Total ships cancelled= | Total ships active= | Total ships laid up= | Total ships lost= | Total ships retired= | Total ships preserved= }} | The {{nihongo|Cruiser submarine Type-A|巡潜甲型潜水艦|Junsen Kō-gata sensuikan}} was a class of submarine in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), which served during the Second World War. The Type-A submarines were built to take a role of the command ships for submarine squadrons. For this reason they had equipment for a headquarters, better radio facilities and a floatplane. Class variantsThe Type-A submarines were divided into four classes: - {{nihongo|Type-A|甲型(伊九型)|Kō-gata, I-9-class}}
- {{nihongo|Type-A Mod.1|甲型改一(伊十二型)|Kō-gata Kai-1, I-12-class}}
- {{nihongo|Type-A Mod.2|甲型改二(伊十三型)|Kō-gata Kai-2, I-13-class}}
- {{nihongo|V21 Type|第5094号艦型|Dai-5094-Gō kan-gata, 5094th vessel-class}}. The 5094th vessel class boats were not built and remained only a design.
Type-A (I-9 class){{main article|Type A1 submarine}}Project number S35Ja. Their design was based on the Junsen III (I-7 class). Three boats were built in 1938-42 under the Maru 3 Programme (Boat # 35 - 36) and Maru 4 Programme (Boat # 138). {{Clear}}Boat No. | Boat | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Results | Fate | 35 | {{ship>Japanese submarine|I-9 | 2} [1] | Kure Naval Arsenal | 25-01-1938 | 20-05-1939 | 13-02-1941 | Sank USS Lahaina 12-12-1941 | USS|Frazier|DD-607|6}} at Kiska {{coord|52|08|N|177|38|E|type:event|name=I-9}} 13-06-1943. | 36 | {{ship>Japanese submarine|I-10 | 2} | Kawasaki-Kōbe Shipyard | 07-06-1938 | 20-09-1939 | 31-10-1941 | Sank Panamanian merchant ship Donerail 10-12-1941 Sank USS Melvin H. Baker 05-06-1942 Sank Panamanian merchant ship Atlantic Gulf 06-06-1942 Sank RMS King Lud 08-06-1942 Sank RMS Queen Victoria 28-06-1942 Sank USS Express 30-06-1942 Sank Greek merchantman Nymphe 06-07-1942 Sank RMS Hartismere 08-07-1942 Sank Dutch merchant ship Alchiba 09-07-1942 Sank USS Samuel Gompers 30-01-1943 Sank USS Gulfwave 01-03-1943 Sank Norwegian merchantman Alcides 22-07-1943 Sank Norwegian merchant ship Bramora 14-09-1943 Sank USS Elias Howe 24-09-1943 Sank Norwegian merchant ship Storvixen 01-10-1943 Sank Norwegian merchantman Anna Knudsen 02-10-1943 Sank RMS Congella 24-10-1943 Sank or damaged unknown warship 02-07-1944 | USS|David W. Taylor|DD-551|6}} and {{ship|USS|Riddle|DE-185|6}} east of Saipan {{coord|15|26|N|147|48|E|type:event|name=I-10}} 04-07-1944. | 138 | {{ship>Japanese submarine|I-11 | 2} | Kawasaki-Kōbe Shipyard | 10-04-1940 | 28-02-1941 | 16-05-1942 | George S. Livanos 20-07-1942 Sank USS Coast Farmer 21-07-1942 Sank USS William Dawes 22-07-1942 Damaged {{ship>HMAS|Hobart|1939|6}} 20-07-1943 Damaged USS Matthew Lyon 11-08-1943 | Lost in an accident or sunk by a mine near Funafuti January 1944. | |
Type-A Mod.1 (I-12 class){{main article|Type A2 submarine}}Project number S35B. Five boats were planned under the Maru Tsui Programme (Boat # 620 - 621) and the Kai-Maru 5 Programme (Boat # 5091 - 5093). They were equipped with less powerful diesel engines which shortened the time needed to build them. Only one boat, the I-12, was completed to the original design. The I-13 and the later boats were converted to a new submarine class (I-13 class), because the number of I-400 class boats was reduced. Boat No. | Boat | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Results | Fate | 620 | {{ship>Japanese submarine|I-12 | 2} | Kawasaki-Kōbe Shipyard | 05-11-1942 | 03-08-1943 | 25-05-1944 | Sank USS John A. Johnson 30-10-1944 | Sunk by minesweeper USS Ardent on 13-11-1944. | 621 | I-13 | Kawasaki-Kōbe Shipyard | 04-02-1943 | Converted to the I-13 class in October 1943. | 5091 | I-14 | Kawasaki-Kōbe Shipyard | 18-05-1943 | 5092 | I-15 | Kawasaki-Senshū Shipyard | 30-04-1943 | 5093 | I-1 | Kawasaki-Senshū Shipyard | 24-06-1943 | |
Type-A Mod.2 (I-13 class){{main article|Type AM submarine}}Project number S35C. Four boats were planned under the Maru Tsui Programme (Boat # 621) and the Kai-Maru 5 Programme (Boat # 5091 - 5093). However, four boats were converted to new submarine class (I-13 class), because a number of submarines of the I-400 class were cancelled. They had a large hangar and were equipped with bulges to be able to operate 2 × special Aichi M6A1 Seiran attack bombers. The headquarters institutions were removed. {{Clear}}Boat No. | Boat | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Results | Fate | 621 | {{ship>Japanese submarine|I-13 | 2} | Kawasaki-Kōbe Shipyard | 04-02-1943 | 30-11-1943 | 16-12-1944 | USS|Lawrence C. Taylor|DE-415|6}}, {{ship|USS|Robert F. Keller|DE-419|6}} and aircraft from {{ship|USS|Anzio|CVE-57|6}} northeast of the Ogasawara Islands 16-07-1945. | 5091 | {{ship>Japanese submarine|I-14 | 2} | Kawasaki-Kōbe Shipyard | 18-05-1943 | 14-03-1944 | 14-03-1945 | USS|Murray|DD-576|6}} 27-08-1945, decommissioned 15-09-1945, sunk as a target off the Hawaiian Islands 28-05-1946. | 5092 | I-15 | Kawasaki-Senshū Shipyard Kawasaki-Kōbe Shipyard (after launch) | 30-04-1943 | 12-04-1944 | Converted to a tanker submarine in June 1945;[2] 90% complete; scrapped in 1945. | 5093 | I-1 | Kawasaki-Kōbe Shipyard Kawasaki-Senshū Shipyard (after launch) | 24-06-1943 | 10-06-1944 | 70% complete; Sunk by a typhoon on 18-09-1945; later salvaged and scrapped. | |
V21 TypeProject number S48. Three boats were planned under the Kai-Maru 5 Programme. However, all boats were cancelled in late 1943, because the IJN turned its attention to the construction of {{nihongo|{{illm|Type E submarine|ja|戊型潜水艦}}|戊型潜水艦|Bo-gata sensuikan}} in 1945. Boat No. | Boat | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate | 5094 - 5096 | Cancelled in 1943. | |
CharacteristicsType | Type-A (I-9) | Type-A Mod.1 (I-12) | Type-A Mod.2 (I-13) | V21 Type | Displacement | Surfaced | 2434|LT|t|0}} | 2390|LT|t|0}} | 2620|LT|t|0}} | 2330|LT|t|0}} | Submerged | 4150|LT|t|0}} | 4172|LT|t|0}} | 4762|LT|t|0}} | No data | Length (overall) | 113.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 113.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 113.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 111.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (waterline) | Beam | 9.55|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 9.55|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 11.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 9.82|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Draft | 5.36|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 5.36|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 5.89|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 5.50|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Depth | 8.30|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 8.30|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 8.30|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | No data | Power plant and shaft | 2 × Kampon Mk.2 Model 10 diesels 2 shafts | 2 × Kampon Mk.22 Model 10 diesels 2 shafts | 2 × Kampon Mk.22 Model 10 diesels 2 shafts | 2 × Kampon Mk.2 Model 10 diesels 2 shafts | Power | Surfaced | 12,400 bhp | 4,700 bhp | 4,700 bhp | 11,000 bhp | Submerged | 2,400 shp | 1,200 shp | 600 shp | 2,400 shp | Speed | Surfaced | 23.5|kn|km/h|lk=in}} | 17.7|kn|km/h|lk=in}} | 16.7|kn|km/h|lk=in}} | 22.4|kn|km/h|lk=in}} | Submerged | 8.0|kn|km/h|lk=in}} | 6.2|kn|km/h|lk=in}} | 5.5|kn|km/h|lk=in}} | 8.0|kn|km/h|lk=in}} | Range | Surfaced | 16000|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|16|kn|km/h}} | 22000|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|16|kn|km/h}} | 21000|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|16|kn|km/h}} | 16000|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|16|kn|km/h}} | Submerged | 90|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|3|kn|km/h}} | 75|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|3|kn|km/h}} | 60|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|3|kn|km/h}} | 80|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|3|kn|km/h}} | Test depth | 100|m|ft|abbr=on}} | 100|m|ft|abbr=on}} | 100|m|ft|abbr=on}} | 100|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Fuel | 878 tons | 917 tons | 917 tons | 880 tons | Complement | 104 | 112 | 108 | No data | Armament (initial) | 533|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} Torpedo tubes (6 × front) • 18 × Type 95 torpedoes • 1 × {{convert|140|mm|in|abbr=on}} L/40 11th Year Type Naval gun[3] • 4 × Type 96 25mm AA guns | 533|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} TTs (6 × front) • 18 × Type 95 torpedoes • 1 × {{convert|140|mm|in|abbr=on}} L/40 11th Year Type Naval gun[3] • 4 × Type 96 25mm AA guns | 533|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} TTs (6 × front) • 12 × Type 95 torpedoes • 1 × {{convert|140|mm|in|abbr=on}} L/40 11th Year Type Naval gun[3] • 10 × Type 96 25mm AA guns | 533|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} TTs (6 × front) • 18 × torpedoes • 1 × 140 mm Naval gun • 4 × 25mm AA guns | Aircraft and facilities | • Catapult and hangar • 1 × Watanabe E9W1 Slim seaplane | • Catapult and hangar • 1 × Yokosuka E14Y2 Glen seaplane | • Catapult and hangar • 2 × Aichi M6A1 Seiran floatplane | • Catapult and hangar • 1 × floatplane | |
Footnotes1. ^{{nihongo|伊号第9潜水艦|I-Gō Dai-9 Sensuikan}}. The same shall apply hereinafter. 2. ^Senshi Sōsho Vol.88 (1975), p.272 3. ^1 2 Campbell, John Naval Weapons of World War Two {{ISBN|0-87021-459-4}} p.191
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See also{{Type A submarine}}{{WWII Japanese Ships}}{{DEFAULTSORT:A submarine}} 3 : Submarine classes|Type A submarines|Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy |