I-25 ex No-42

Type Builder Name Laid Down Launched Completed Notes
B1
Mitsubishi Kobe

Updated: 28/09/2013;
 03/02/1939 08/06/1940 15/10/1941 Home Base:Yokosuka ND;
15/10/1941-31/10/1941=Yokosuka ND;
31/10/1941-10/08/1942=Flagship; Sub.Div.4;Sub.Ron.1;6th Fleet;Combined Fleet;
10/08/1942-01/12/1943=Sub.Div.2;Sub.Ron.1;6th Fleet;Combined Fleet;

CEO:Lt.Cdr.Tagami Meiji [51]=28/04/1941-15/10/1941;
CO:Lt.Cdr/Cdr.Tagami Meiji [51]=15/10/1941-07/07/1943;
(A)CO:Cdr.Shichiji Tsuneo [49]=07/07/1943-15/07/1943;
CO:Cdr.Kohiga Masaru [53]=15/07/1943-10/10/1943+KIA;

21/06/1942 Shelled Fort Stevens,Astoria;(17 Shells);
17/02/1942 A/C Recco Sydney;
26/02/1942 A/C Recco Melbourne;
01/03/1942 A/C Recco Hobart;
09/03/1942 A/C Recco Wellington;
13/03/1942 A/C Recco Auckland;
18/03/1942 A/C Recco Suva;
27/05/1942 A/C Recco Kodiak Is;
09/09/1942 A/C Bombed Oregon;
29/09/1942 A/C Bombed Oregon;
16/02/1943 A/C Recco EspiritoSanto;
23/08/1943 A/C Recco EspiritoSanto;

? Renumbered I-25;
12/03/1942Dam.NZ.PC. Depth Charges;Wellington,Nz;
10/09/1942Dam.US.A/C.Depth Charges;Oregon,US.wCoast;
25/08/1943 Sunk=n.Fiji Is.13*10'S;165*27'E;
Depth Charges;US.DD.Patterson;
No Survivors; 100 KIA;
24/10/1943= Presumed lost;
01/12/1943 Removed from Navy List;

SortiesbySub Ships Attacked

[Lt.Cdr/Cdr.Tagami Meiji] [51]
21/11/1941Yokosuka-11/01/1942Kwajalein=Hawaii-US.w.Coast,Astoria-Portland-Los Angeles;
01/02/1942Kwajalein-03/02/1942Kwajalein=e.Kwajalein;
08/02/1942Kwajalein-30/03/1942Truk=Aust.e.Coast,Sydney-Melbourne-Hobart-NewZealand-Fiji-Samoa;
31/03/1942Truk-04/04/1942Yokosuka=Transit;(Repairs);
11/05/1942Yokosuka-11/07/1942Yokosuka=Aleutians,Kodiak-US.w.Coast,Seattle-Astoria(Oregon);
15/08/1942Yokosuka-24/10/1942Yokosuka=US.w.Coast,Oregon-Seattle-California-Oregon-Seattle;(Repairs);
01/12/1942Yokosuka- e/12/1942Truk=Transit;
09/12/1942 Truk-12/12/1942 Shortland=Transit;
13/12/1942 Shortland-14/12/1942 Rabaul=Guadalcanal (Supply,aborted) Transit;
17/12/1942 Rabaul-23/12/1942 Rabaul=Buna (Supply 8t);
25/12/1942 Rabaul-31/12/1942 Rabaul=Buna (Supply); Aborted;
05/01/1943 Rabaul-09/01/1943 Rabaul=Buna (Supply25t; Rescued187men);
11/01/1943 Rabaul-17/01/1943 Truk=Buna (Supply;Rescued 37men);
23/01/1943 Truk-24/02/143 Truk= s.Guadalcanal, Espirito Santo; (Repairs);
29/03/12943 Truk-02/06/1943 Truk=Fiji, Samoa, Fiji, Noumea;
[Cdr.Kohiga Masaru] [53]
25/07/1943Truk-25/08/1943Sunk=Solomons-EspiritoSanto-Fiji+

Sorties=13

[Lt.Cdr/Cdr.Tagami Meiji] [51]
27/12/1941dam.US.MS.Connecticut;8684t;w.coastUS;46*N;124*W;
20/06/1942dam.Br.MS.Fort Camosun;7126t;w.coastUS;47*22'N;125*30'W;
04/10/1942sunk.US.MS.Camden;6653t;w.coastUS;43*43'N;124*54'W;
06/10/1942sunk.US.MS.LarryDoheny;7038t;w.coastUS;41*30'N;125*22'W;
11/10/1942sunk.SU.SS.L16;1039t;w.coastUS;46*41'N;138*56'W;
17/05/1943sunkUS.MS.H.M.Storey;10763t;NewHebrides;17*20'S;173*30'E;

M/S Sunk=03@024454t
M/S Damaged =02@015810t
W/S Sunk =01@001039t
W/S Damaged =0
Total Sunk =04@025493t
Total Damaged =02@015810t
Total =06@041303t

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