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Japanese submarine I-17
 I-17 shortly after launching, 19 July 1939
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| History | |
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 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | I-17 |
| Builder | Yokosuka Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 18 April 1938 |
| Launched | 19 July 1939 |
| Commissioned | 24 January 1941 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1943 |
| Fate | Sunk on 19 August 1943 by HMNZS Tui (T234) and US Kingfisher float-planes |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Type B1 submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 108.7 m (356 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 9.3 m (30 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 5.14 m (16 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 14,000 nautical miles (25,928 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Test depth | 100 m (328.1 ft) |
| Complement | 94 officers and men |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 Yokosuka E14Y seaplane |
I-17 was a Japanese B1 type submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy which saw service during World War II. This long-range submarine cruiser spent the early months of the war in the eastern Pacific and was the first Axis ship to shell the continental United States. She later supported the Imperial Japanese Army in fighting around the Solomon Islands and remained active in the southwest Pacific until she was sunk in August 1943.
- ^ Campbell, John Naval Weapons of World War Two ISBN 0-87021-459-4 p.191
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