Japanese submarine I-54 (1926)
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I-54 (伊号第五四潜水艦, I-gō Dai-gojūyonsensuikan), later I-154 (伊号第五四潜水艦, I-gō Dai-Hyaku-gojūyon sensuikan), was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaidai-class cruiser submarine of the KD3A sub-class commissioned in 1927. During World War II, she conducted three war patrols, supporting Japanese forces during the invasion of Malaya in December 1941 and the Dutch East Indies campaign in early 1942, then was assigned to training duties until she was decommissioned in 1944. She was scuttled in 1946.
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Imperial Japanese Navy | |
Name | Submarine No. 77 |
Renamed | I-54 on 1 November 1924 |
Builder | Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo, Japan |
Laid down | 15 November 1924 |
Launched | 15 March 1926 |
Completed | 15 December 1927 |
Commissioned | 15 December 1927 |
Decommissioned | February 1932 |
Recommissioned | by June 1933 or mid-November 1934 (see text) |
Decommissioned | 1 November 1937 |
Recommissioned | late March 1938 |
Decommissioned | 19 June 1941 |
Recommissioned | 15 August 1941 |
Decommissioned | 31 January 1944 |
Stricken | 20 November 1945 |
Fate | Scuttled 8 May 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kaidai-class submarine (KD3A Type) |
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Length | 100 m (328 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
Draft | 4.82 m (15 ft 10 in) |
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Test depth | 60 m (197 ft) |
Complement | 60 |
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