Japanese submarine I-17

History
Empire of Japan
Name	I-17
Builder	Yokosuka Navy Yard
Laid down	18 April 1938
Launched	19 July 1939
Commissioned	24 January 1941
Stricken	1 December 1943
Fate	Sunk on 19 August 1943 by HMNZS Tui (T234) and US Kingfisher float-planes
General characteristics
Class and type	Type B1 submarine
Displacement	2,584 tons surfaced 3,654 tons submerged
Length	108.7 m (356 ft 8 in)
Beam	9.3 m (30 ft 6 in)
Draft	5.14 m (16 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 diesels: 12,400 hp (9,250 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 (25,928 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Test depth	100 m (328.1 ft)
Complement	94 officers and men
Armament	6 × 533 mm forward torpedo tubes 17 torpedoes 1 × 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun[1] (removed November 1942)
Aircraft carried	1 Yokosuka E14Y seaplane

I-17 was a Japanese B1 type submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy which saw service during World War II. This long-range submarine cruiser spent the early months of the war in the eastern Pacific and was the first Axis ship to shell the continental United States. She later supported the Imperial Japanese Army in fighting around the Solomon Islands and remained active in the southwest Pacific until she was sunk in August 1943.