Japanese submarine I-39

Launching of I-39, 15 April 1942
History
Japan
Name	Submarine No. 152
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	19 June 1941
Renamed	I-39
Launched	15 April 1942
Completed	22 April 1943
Commissioned	22 April 1943
Fate	Missing after 25 November 1943 Probably sunk 26 November 1943
Stricken	30 April 1944
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 (9,200 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 (330 ft)
Complement	94
Armament	6 × 533 mm (21 in) forward torpedo tubes 17 torpedoes 1 × 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun[1]
Aircraft carried	1 Yokosuka E14Y seaplane

I-39 was an Imperial Japanese Navy B1 type submarine. Completed and commissioned in 1943, she served in World War II, operating in support of Japanese forces in the Battle of Tarawa before she was sunk in November 1943.