Japanese submarine I-10

	I-10 at Penang in 1942.
History
Empire of Japan
Name	I-10
Builder	Kawasaki, Kobe
Laid down	7 June 1938
Launched	20 or 29 September 1939 (see text)
Commissioned	31 October 1941
Fate	Sunk 4 July 1944
Stricken	10 October 1944
Service record
Commanders:	Kayahara Yasuchika; 31 October 1941 – 15 September 1942; Yamada Takashi; 15 September 1942 – 15 April 1943; Tonozuka Kinzo; 15 April 1943 – 18 January 1944; Nakajima Seiji; 18 January 1944 – 4 July 1944;
General characteristics
Class and type	Type A1 submarine
Displacement	2,966 tonnes (2,919 long tons) surfaced; 4,195 tonnes (4,129 long tons) submerged;
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)
Installed power	12,400 bhp (9,200 kW) (diesel); 2,400 hp (1,800 kW) (electric motor);
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; 1 × diesel engine; 1 × electric motor;
Speed	23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph) surfaced; 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) submerged;
Range	16,000 nmi (30,000 km; 18,000 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced; 60 nmi (110 km; 69 mi) at 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged;
Test depth	100 m (330 ft)
Crew	100
Armament	6 × bow 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 1 × 14 cm (5.5 in) deck gun; 2 × twin 25 mm (1 in) Type 96 anti-aircraft guns;
Aircraft carried	1 × Yokosuka E14Y seaplane
Aviation facilities	1 × catapult

I-10 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Type A1 submarine that served during World War II. Designed as a submarine aircraft carrier, she was commissioned in 1941 and supported the attack on Pearl Harbor, operated in the Indian Ocean — including support for the 1942 midget submarine attack on Diego Suarez — and in the New Caledonia and New Zealand areas, and took part in the Guadalcanal campaign and Marianas campaign before she was sunk in 1944 during her seventh war patrol.

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