Japanese submarine I-29
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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Matsu.
I-29, code-named Matsu (松, Japanese for "pine tree"), was a B1 type submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy used during World War II on two secret missions with Germany. She was sunk while returning from the second mission.
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Name | I-29 |
Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
Launched | 29 September 1940 |
Commissioned | 27 February 1942 |
Nickname(s) | Matsu |
Fate | Sunk by USS Sawfish, 26 July 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type B1 submarine |
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Length | 108.5 m (356 ft) |
Beam | 9.3 m (31 ft) |
Draught | 5.12 m (16.8 ft) |
Propulsion | 2-shaft diesel (12,400 hp (9,200 kW)) and electric motor (2,000 hp (1,500 kW)) |
Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h) surface, 8 knots (15 km/h) submerged |
Range | 14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Test depth | 100 m (330 ft) |
Complement | 101 officers and men |
Armament | 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes forward (17 torpedoes) + 1 × 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun[1] |
Aircraft carried | one Yokosuka E14Y "Glen"'Type 0' reconnaissance seaplane |
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