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Thursday, 6 February 2025

Japanese submarine cruiser I-1 1923-1943

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Type J1 submarine (Junsen ichi-gata sensuikan) or I-1 class Junsen type cruiser submarines based on the Japanese KD2 and German U-139/Project 46 designs. Laid down as Submarine Cruiser No. 74 by Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan on 12 March 1923, launched on 15 October 1924, renamed I-1 on 1 November 1924, commissioned on 10 March 1926, last time recommissioned on 15 November 1940, wrecked off Kamimbo Bay on 29 January 1943 and stricken on 1 April 1943. 

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