Japanese submarine I-27
I-27 (right) and I-29 (left) moored together shortly after commissioning, February 1942 | |
| History | |
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| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | I-27 |
| Builder | Sasebo Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 5 July 1939 |
| Launched | 6 June 1940 |
| Commissioned | 24 February 1942 |
| Fate | Sunk February 12, 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type B1 submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 108.7 m (356 ft 8 in) overall |
| Beam | 9.3 m (30 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) |
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| Test depth | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Crew | 100 |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × floatplane |
| Aviation facilities | 1 × catapult |
I-27 was a submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy which saw service during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. I-27 was commissioned at Sasebo, Japan on February 24, 1942 and sunk on February 12, 1944, after torpedoing the troopship SS Khedive Ismail.