Japanese submarine I-47

I-47 at Otsujima Naval Base on 25 December 1944.
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Submarine No. 377
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo, Japan
Laid down	21 November 1942
Renamed	I-47 on 31 July 1943
Launched	29 September 1943
Completed	10 July 1944
Commissioned	10 July 1944
Fate	Surrendered 2 September 1945 Stricken 30 November 1945 Scuttled 1 April 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Type C2 submarine
Displacement	2,595 tonnes (2,554 long tons) surfaced 3,621 tonnes (3,564 long tons) submerged
Length	109.3 m (358 ft 7 in) overall
Beam	9.1 m (29 ft 10 in)
Draft	5.35 m (17 ft 7 in)
Installed power	12,400 bhp (9,200 kW) (diesel) 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) (electric motor)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric 1 × diesel engine, 751 tons fuel 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 60 nmi (110 km; 69 mi) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged
Test depth	100 m (330 ft)
Crew	94
Armament	8 × bow 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 1 × 14 cm (5.5 in) deck gun 2 × single or twin 25 mm (1 in) Type 96 anti-aircraft guns

I-47 was the second of three Type C cruiser submarines of the C2 sub-class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Commissioned in July 1944, she operated as a kaiten manned suicide attack torpedo carrier during the final year of World War II. Surrendered at the end of the war, she was scuttled by the United States Navy in 1946.