Submarine I-18

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:submarine
gptkbp:armament 6 torpedo tubes
torpedoes and deck gun
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:commander gptkb:1944
April 1945
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1944
gptkbp:crew 100 personnel
gptkbp:deck_gun 1 x 5 inch gun
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:South_Pacific
gptkbp:design Kawasaki design
gptkbp:displacement 2,500 tons
3,500 tons
gptkbp:engaged_in gptkb:intelligence_gathering
gptkbp:engagement April 1945
gptkbp:fate sunk by aircraft
sunk by US forces
gptkbp:historical_records documented in naval archives
gptkbp:historical_significance part of WWII naval warfare
gptkbp:home_port Yokosuka
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Submarine I-18
gptkbp:launched 1943
gptkbp:legacy part of submarine warfare history
gptkbp:length 122 meters
gptkbp:location near Okinawa
gptkbp:max_speed 18 knots
gptkbp:military_engagement multiple engagements
gptkbp:mission reconnaissance
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_Yoshio_Kato
gptkbp:notable_event attacked Allied shipping
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
17 torpedoes
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:operational_challenges mechanical failures
gptkbp:operational_history limited success
gptkbp:operational_period 1944-1945
gptkbp:operational_use gptkb:Submarine_Squadron_11
gptkbp:perihelion 1 periscope
gptkbp:propulsion diesel-electric
gptkbp:range 37,500 km
gptkbp:reconnaissance_missions conducted in 1944
gptkbp:result lost with all hands
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:I-19
gptkbp:sonar active sonar
gptkbp:speed 8 knots
gptkbp:sunk 1945
May 1945
gptkbp:survivors few crew members
gptkbp:type gptkb:I-400_class_submarine
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Japanese_Navy_during_the_Pacific_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6