Japanese submarine I-35

History
Japan
NameSubmarine No. 143
BuilderMitsubishi
Laid down2 September 1940
RenamedI-45
Launched24 September 1941
RenamedI-35 on 1 November 1941
Completed31 August 1942
Commissioned31 August 1942
FateSunk 23 November 1943
Stricken10 April 1944
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-35 was an Imperial Japanese Navy B1 type submarine. Completed and commissioned in 1942, she served in World War II, operating in the Aleutian Islands campaign and the Battle of Tarawa before she was sunk in November 1943.

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

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