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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Submarine No. 48 |
Builder | Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo |
Laid down | 5 December 1938 |
Renamed | I-24 on 30 September 1939 |
Launched | 12 November 1939 |
Completed | 31 October 1941 |
Commissioned | 31 October 1941 |
Fate | Sunk 11 June 1943 |
Stricken | 1 August 1943 |
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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Test depth | 100 m (330 ft) |
Crew | 95 |
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Notes | Fitted to carry 1 × Type A midget submarine |
The second I-24 was one of five Type C cruiser submarines of the C1 sub-class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. During World War II, she operated as the mother ship for a midget submarine during the attack on Pearl Harbor and the attack on Sydney Harbour, supported Japanese forces during the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, and served in the Guadalcanal campaign, New Guinea campaign, and Aleutian Islands campaign. She was sunk in June 1943.