I-9 training in Saeki Bay (佐伯湾 ) on the coast of Japan in October 1941
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Name | I-9 |
Builder | Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure |
Laid down | 25 January 1938 |
Launched | 20 May 1939 |
Commissioned | 13 February 1941 |
Fate | Sunk by USS Frazier off Kiska, 13 June 1943 |
Stricken | 1 August 1943 |
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Class and type | Type A1 submarine |
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Length | 113.7 m (373 ft 0 in) overall |
Beam | 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in) |
Draft | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
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Test depth | 100 m (330 ft) |
Crew | 100 |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Yokosuka E14Y seaplane |
Aviation facilities | 1 × catapult |
I-9 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Type A1 submarine commissioned in 1941. She saw service during World War II, including operations related to the attack on Pearl Harbor, a patrol off the United States West Coast, and in Operation K. She also took part in the Aleutians campaign and the Guadalcanal campaign before she was sunk in June 1943.