I-16 in 1940.
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History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Submarine No. 44 |
Builder | Mitsubishi Kobe Yard, Kobe, Japan |
Yard number | 44 |
Laid down | 15 September 1937 |
Renamed | I-16 on 1 June 1938 |
Launched | 8 July 1938 |
Commissioned | 30 March 1940 |
Fate | Sunk 19 May 1944 |
Stricken | 10 October 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type C1 submarine |
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Length | 109.3 m (358 ft 7 in) overall |
Beam | 9.1 m (29 ft 10 in) |
Draft | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range |
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Test depth | 100 m (330 ft) |
Crew | 107 |
Armament |
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Notes | Fitted to carry 1 × Type A midget submarine |
I-16 was one of five Type C cruiser submarines of the C1 sub-class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy, Commissioned in 1940, she deployed a midget submarine for the attack on Pearl Harbor and for an attack on ships at Diego-Suarez in Madagascar, conducted an anti-shipping patrol in the Indian Ocean, and took part in the Guadalcanal campaign, New Guinea campaign, and Bougainville campaign before she was sunk in May 1944.