Japanese submarine I-27

History
Empire of Japan
Name	I-27
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	5 July 1939
Launched	6 June 1940
Commissioned	24 February 1942
Fate	Sunk February 12, 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Type B1 submarine
Displacement	2,631 tonnes (2,589 long tons) surfaced 3,713 tonnes (3,654 long tons) submerged
Length	108.7 m (356 ft 8 in) overall
Beam	9.3 m (30 ft 6 in)
Draft	5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Installed power	12,400 bhp (9,200 kW) (diesel) 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) (electric motor)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric 1 × diesel engine 1 × electric motor
Speed	23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph) surfaced 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged
Range	14,000 nmi (26,000 km; 16,000 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced 96 nmi (178 km; 110 mi) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged
Test depth	100 m (330 ft)
Crew	100
Armament	6 × bow 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 1 × 14 cm (5.5 in) deck gun 2 × single 25 mm (1 in) Type 96 anti-aircraft guns
Aircraft carried	1 × floatplane
Aviation facilities	1 × catapult

I-27 was a submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy which saw service during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. I-27 was commissioned at Sasebo, Japan on February 24, 1942 and sunk on February 12, 1944, after torpedoing the troopship SS Khedive Ismail.