Japanese submarine I-15

I-15 during her initial sea trials.
History
Japan
Name	Submarine No. 37
Builder	Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan
Laid down	25 January 1938
Renamed	I-15
Launched	7 March 1939
Commissioned	30 September 1940
Fate	Sunk 10 November 1942
Stricken	24 December 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	Type B1 submarine
Displacement	2,584 tons surfaced 3,654 tons submerged
Length	108.7 m (357 ft)
Beam	9.3 m (31 ft)
Draft	5.14 m (16.9 ft)
Propulsion	2 diesels: 12,400 hp (9,200 kW) Electric motors: 2,000 hp (1,500 kW)
Speed	23.5 knots (43.5 km/h) surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h) submerged
Range	14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Test depth	100 m (328 ft)
Complement	94
Armament	6 × 533 mm (21 in) forward torpedo tubes 17 torpedoes 1 × 14 cm/40 (5.5-in) 11th Year Type naval gun[1]
Aircraft carried	1 Yokosuka E14Y floatplane

I-15 was an Imperial Japanese Navy B1 type submarine commissioned in 1940 that served during World War II. She supported the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, operated off the United States West Coast, and took part in Operation K-1, the Aleutian Islands campaign, and the Guadalcanal campaign, including the Battle of the Eastern Solomons and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, before she was sunk in November 1942 during her fourth war patrol.