Japanese submarine I-40
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I-40 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Type B2 submarine. Completed and commissioned in 1943, she served in World War II and disappeared after departing for her first war patrol in November 1943.
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Name | Submarine No. 370 |
Builder | Kure Naval Arsenal |
Laid down | 18 March 1942 |
Renamed | I-40 on 20 August 1942 |
Launched | 10 November 1942 |
Completed | 31 July 1943 |
Commissioned | 31 July 1943 |
Fate | Missing after 22 November 1943 |
Stricken | 30 April 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type B2 submarine |
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Length | 356.5 ft (108.7 m) |
Beam | 30.5 ft (9.3 m) |
Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
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Range | 14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Test depth | 100 m (330 ft) |
Complement | 114 |
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