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I-47

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Afloat

Type C cruiser submarine, finished at Sasebo on 10 July 1944 with Zenji Orita as her first captain. She carried kaiten. She was still afloat at the surrender and was scuttled off the Goto Islands on 1 April 1946.

TypeSubmarine (SS)
HullI-47
BuilderSasebo
Launched1943-09-29
Commissioned1944-07-10
FateAfloat. Type C cruiser submarine. Zenji Orita was her first captain. Surrendered at Kure on 2 September 1945. Struck 30 November 1945. Scuttled off the Goto Islands on 1 April 1946.
Command
  • Orita, Zenji Captain from 10 July 1944; Relieved in the spring of 1945

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

Imperial Japanese Navy. I-47 at Otsujima on 8 November 1944, with the number on the conning tower and a kaiten on the after deck. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Command

ZOOrita, ZenjiCaptain from 10 July 1944Relieved in the spring of 1945