I-156 ex I-56(1)

Type Builder Name Laid Down Launched Completed Notes
KD3B

Kure N Yd

Updated:
15/10/2018;

03/11/1926 23/03/1928 31/03/1929

Home Base:Kure ND;
31/03/1929-01/04/1929=Kure ND;
01/04/1929-01/12/1931=Sub.Div.19;Sub.Ron2;2ndFleet;Combined Fleet;
01/12/1931-20/05/1932=Sub.Div.19; Kure Defence Div; Kure ND;
20/05/1932-15/11/1934=Sub.Div.19;Sub.Ron2;2ndFleet; Combined Fleet;
15/11/1934-15/11/1935=Sub.Div.19;Kure Guard Ron; Kure ND;
15/11/1935-01/12/1936=Sub.Div.19;Sub.Ron.1;1stFleet;Combined Fleet;
01/12/1936-07/01/1937=Sub.Div.19;Kure ND;
07/01/1937-01/01/1938=Sub.Div.19; 1st Reserve; Kure ND;
01/01/1938-15/12/1938=Sub.Div.19; Kure ND;
15/12/1938-15/11/1939=Sub.Div.19; 3rd Reserve; Kure ND;
15/11/1939-15/11/1940=Sub.Div.19;Sub.Ron.4;1stFleet;Combined Fleet;
15/11/1940-10/03/1942=Sub.Div.19;Sub.Ron.4;Combined Fleet;
10/03/1942-10/07/1942Sub.Div.19;Sub.Ron.5;Combined Fleet;
10/07/1942-01/12/1943=Sub.Div.19;Kure ND;
01/12/1943-01/04/1945=Sub.Div.19;Kure Sub.Ron;Kure ND;
01/04/1945-15/08/1945=Sub.Div.34;6th Fleet;Combined Fleet;
15/08/1945-02/11/1945=Sub.Div.15;6th Fleet;Combined Fleet;
02/11/1945-30/11/1945=PW Sub.Div.4; USN Command;

CEO:Lt.Cdr.Kouda Takero [41]=10/09/1928-09/11/1928;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Kouda Takero [41]=09/11/1928-05/11/1929;
CO:Cdr.Yoshitomi Setsuzo [39]=05/11/1929-01/12/1930;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Ishizaki Noboru [42]=01/12/1930-01/12/1931;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Hattori Kunio [47]=01/12/1931-26/03/1932;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Saito Eisho [42]=26/03/1932-01/06/1932;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Okushima Tsunesaburo [44]=01/06/1932-01/11/1932;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Kume Ikuji [46]=01/11/1932-22/10/1934;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Okushima Tsunesaburo [44]=22/10/1934-03/07/1935;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Tsuzuki Noboru [48]=03/07/1935-26/12/1935;+
Actual date of death=18/12/1935;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Nishino Kozo [48]=26/12/1935-01/12/1937;
CO:Cdr.Iwagami Hidetoshi [46]=01/12/1937-29/06/1938;
CO:Cdr.Minakuchi Hyoe [46]=29/06/1938-15/12/1938;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Hatanaka Sumihiko [49]=15/12/1938-20/11/1939;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Yamada Kaoru [50]=20/11/1939-31/07/1941;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Ohashi Katsuo [53]=31/07/1941-30/06/1942;
CO:Lt.Orita Zenji [59]=30/06/1942-20/07/1942;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Sekito Yoshimitsu [57]=20/07/1942-15/10/1942;
CO:Lt/Lt.Cdr.Yonehara Minoru [59]=15/10/1942-16/03/1943;
CO:Lt/Lt.Cdr.Teramoto Iwao [59]=16/03/1943-31/01/1944;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Kamimoto Nobuo [56]=31/01/1944-11/10/1944
CO:Cdr.Kono Masamichi [52]=11/10/1944-24/10/1944;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Yamane Gon [61]=24/10/1944-30/11/1945;

20/05/1942 Renumbered I-156;
18/12/1935 CO:Lt.Cdr.Tsuzuki Noboru [48]=+ACC. Storm.
27/06/1936 Damaged=Collision, I-153; Fleet Exercises; Off Honshu;
e/08/1945Converted to Kaiten Carrier;
02/09/1945Surrendered-Kure;
30/11/1945Removed from Navy List;
01/04/1946Scuttled=Goto Is.;32*37'N;129*17'E;


SortiesbySub Ships Attacked

[Lt.Cdr.Kume Ikuji] [46]
29/06//1933Sasebo-05/07/1933=c.Chinese waters-Mako-Takao=Training;
13/07/1933Takao-21/08/1933Tokyo Bay=s.Chinese waters=Training;
25/08/1933=Yokohama Naval Review;
27/09/1934-Ryojun,Manchuria-05/10/1934Sasebo=Tsingtao Area=Training;
Lt.Cdr.Nishino Kozo [48]
l/02/1936 Fleet Exercises; off Honshu
[Lt.Cdr.Ohashi Katsuo] [53]
20/11/1941Kure-26/11/1941Samah,Hainan Is.=Transit;
01/12/1941Samah-20/12/1941CamranhBay(French.I.CH)=nw.Anabas Is;
28/12/1941CamronhBay-18/01/1942CamranhBay=s.Java,JavaSea;
31/01/1942CamranhBay-21/02/1942StaringBay=Sunda Strait-s.Java-LombokStrait(Repairs);
05/03/1942StaringBay-12/03/1942StaringBay=s.Java;
13/03/1942StaringBay-20/03/1942Kure=Transit;(Repairs);
14/05/1942Kure-24/05/1942Kwajalein=Transit;
26/05/1942Kwajalein-20/06/1942Kwajalein=Midway;
22/06/1942Kwajalein-30l/06/1942Kure=Transit;(Repairs);
[Lt/Lt.Cdr.Teramoto Iwao] [59]
22/05/1943Kure-23/05/1943Yokosuka=Transit;
26/05/1943Yokosuka01/06/1943Paramushiro=Transit;
15/06/1943Paramushiro- 20/06/1943Paramushiro=Kiska(Supply5t;Rescue60men);
21/06/1943Paramushiro-26/06/1943Kure=Transit;
[Lt.Cdr.Yamane Gon] [61]
/05/1945Otsushima- /05/1945Otsushima=Kyushu coast(KaitenFerry);
/ /1945Otsushima- / /1945Otsushima=Kyushu coast(KaitenFerry);
/ /1945Otsushima- / /1945Otsushima=Kyushu coast(KaitenFerry);
l/06/1945Japan- e/07/1945Japan=Dairen(Refueling Sortie);

Sorties=7

[Lt.Cdr.Ohashi Katsuo] [53]
11/12/1941sunk.No.MS.HaiTung;1187t;eMalaya;05*08'N;104*32'E;
05/01/1942sunk.Br.MS.Kwantung;2626t;sJava;09*12'S;111*10'E;
06/01/1942sunk.Ne.MS.Tanimbar;8169t;sJava;09* 'S;111* 'E;
08/01/1942sunk.Ne.MS.VanRees;3000t;sJava;10* 'S;111* 'E;
08/01/1942sunk.Ne.MS.VanRiebeck;2263t;sJava;08*11'S;108*47'E;
13/01/1942dam.Ne.MS.Patras;2065t;sBali;
04/02/1942sunk.Ne.MS.Togian;979t;Koepang;10* 'S;123* 'E;

M/S Sunk=06@018224t
M/S Damaged =01@002065t
W/S Sunk =0
W/S Damaged =0
Total Sunk =06@018224t
Total Damaged =01@002065t
Total =07@020289t

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