Japanese submarine I-36

History
Japan
NameSubmarine No. 149
BuilderYokosuka Navy Yard, Yokosuka, Japan
Laid down4 December 1940
Launched1 November 1941
RenamedI-36 on 1 November 1941
Completed30 September 1942
Commissioned30 September 1942
Fate
  • Surrendered September 1945
  • Stricken 30 November 1945
  • Scuttled 1 April 1946
General characteristics
Class and typeType B1 submarine
Displacement
  • 2,584 tons surfaced
  • 3,654 tons submerged
Length108.7 m (357 ft)
Beam9.3 m (31 ft)
Draft5.14 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
Range14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Test depth100 m (330 ft)
Complement94
Armament
Aircraft carried1 Yokosuka E14Y seaplane

I-36 was an Imperial Japanese Navy B1 type submarine. Completed and commissioned in 1942, she served in World War II, operating in the Guadalcanal campaign, New Guinea campaign, Aleutian Islands campaign, and the Marshall Islands. She finished the war as a kaiten manned suicide attack torpedo carrier, operating against Allied ships at Ulithi Atoll and in the Philippine Sea. The only submarine of her class to survive the war, she surrendered to the Allies in September 1945 after the end of the war and was scuttled by the United States Navy in 1946.

  1. ^ Campbell, John Naval Weapons of World War Two ISBN 0-87021-459-4 p.191