Japanese submarine I-159
I-159 during sea trials on 25 November 1929 | |
| History | |
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| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | I-59 |
| Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Yokosuka, Japan |
| Laid down | 25 March 1927 |
| Launched | 25 March 1929 |
| Completed | 31 March 1930 |
| Commissioned | 31 March 1930 |
| Decommissioned | 15 November 1933 |
| Recommissioned | 1934 |
| Decommissioned | by November 1936 |
| Recommissioned | early 1937 |
| Renamed | I-159 on 20 May 1942 |
| Stricken | 30 November 1945 |
| Fate | Scuttled 1 April 1946 |
| Notes | training submarine July 1942–April 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kaidai-class submarine (KD3B Type) |
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| Length | 101 m (331 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Draft | 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in) |
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| Test depth | 60 m (197 ft) |
| Complement | 60 |
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I-159, originally I-59, was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaidai-class cruiser submarine of the KD3B sub-class in commission from 1930 to 1945. During World War II, she made two war patrols in the Indian Ocean, took part in the Battle of Midway, and served as a training submarine before ending the war as a kaiten suicide attack torpedo carrier. She surrendered at the end of the war and was scuttled in 1946.