Back I-23 Spanish زیردریایی آی-۲۳ (۱۹۳۹) Persian I-23 (sous-marin) French 伊号第二十三潜水艦 Japanese I-23 (подводная лодка) Russian I-23 Ukrainian I-23 (tàu ngầm Nhật) Vietnamese 伊號第二十三潛艦 Chinese

Japanese submarine I-23

This article is about the submarine launched in 1939. For the submarine I-23 launched in 1927, see Japanese submarine I-123.
History
Japan
NameI-23
BuilderKure Naval Arsenal
Laid downYokosuka Navy Yard as Submarine No. 41, 8 December 1938
Launched24 November 1939
FatePresumed lost with all 96 hands off Hawaii, 28 February 1942
General characteristics
Class and typeType B1 submarine
Displacement
  • 2,584 long tons (2,625 t) surfaced
  • 3,654 long tons (3,713 t) submerged
Length108.6 m (356 ft)
Beam9.3 m (31 ft)
Draft5.14 m (16.9 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Diesel engines, 12,400 hp (9,200 kW)
  • Electric motors, 2,000 hp (1,500 kW)
Speed
  • 23.5 knots (44 km/h) surfaced
  • 8 knots (15 km/h) submerged
Armament
Aircraft carried1 x Watanabe E9W1 Type 96 "Slim" floatplane

I-23 was a Type B1 submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. After a raid on the West Coast of California she participated in an attempt at a second attack upon Pearl Harbor. After surviving an American air attack on Kwajalein I-23 was lost in early 1942 with all hands somewhere off the Oahu coast of Hawaii.[2]

  1. ^ Campbell, John Naval Weapons of World War Two ISBN 0-87021-459-4 p.191
  2. ^ Carpenter, Dorr Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy ISBN 0-87021-682-1 p.101

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