I-36 ex I-47 ex No-149

Type Builder Name Laid Down Launched Completed Notes
B1

Yokosuka N Yd

Updated:
15/08/2018

04/12/1940

 01/11/1941 30/09/1942 Home Base:Kure ND;
30/09/1942-15/12/1942=Kure Sub. Ron;Kure ND;
15/12/1942-15/01/1944=Sub.Div.15;Sub.Ron.1;6th Fleet;Combined Fleet;
15/01/1944-30/11/1945=Sub.Div.15;6th Fleet;Combined Fleet;

CEO:Cdr.Nagai Hiroaki [48]=15/05/1942-01/06/1942;
CEO:Lt.Cdr.Inaba Michimune [51]=01/06/1942-30/09/1942;
CO:Lt.Cdr/Cdr.Inaba Michimune [51]=30/09/1942-15/02/1944;
Co:Lt.Cdr.Teramoto Iwao [59]=15/02/1944-05/02/1945;
CO:Lt.Cdr:Sugamasa Tetsuaki [65]=05/02/1945-30/11/1945;

16/10/1943 A/C Recco PearHarbour; CPO Tominaga Fusao;
01/11/1943 Shelled Canton Is.(13Shells);
22/04/1944 A/C Recco Majuro Is.

20/11/1944 Launched 1 Kaiten Ulithi Atoll;;Ens.Imanichi Taichi;+
12/01/1945 Launched 4 Kaiten Ulithi Atoll;Lt.Kagaya Takeru;+Lt.(jg)Totokoro Shizuyo;+Ens.Motoi Bunja;+
CPOFukumoto Yurimitsu;+
03/03/1945 Kaiten Sortie abortet-Iwo Jima;
23/04/1945 Launched 4 Kaiten Okinawa;Lt.(jg)Yagi Teiji;+PO2CAbe Hideo;+PO2CEbihara Kiyosaburo;+
PO2CMatsuda Mitsuo;+
28/06/1945 Launched 3 Kaiten Okinawa;Lt.(jg)Ikebuchi Nobuo;+Esn.Kuge Minoru;+FPO1CYanagiya Hidemasa;+

? Renumbered I-47;
01/11/1941 Renumbered I-36;
e/09/1944 Converted to Kaiten Carrier;
07/04/1943 Damaged;Typhoon;Miyake Jima Is.
30/04/1944 Damaged;US. A/C=Depth Charges;Majuro Is.;
20/11/1944 Damaged;US.DD.Depth Charges;Ulithi Atoll;
09/01/1945 Damaged;Grounded;Ulithi Atoll;
28/06/1945 Damaged;US.DD.Sproston;Depth Charges;nnw.Truk;
29/06/1945 Damaged;US.A/C;Bombs;nnw.Truk;
11/08/1945 Damaged;US.A/C;MG Fire;Kure Harbour;
02/09/1945 Surrendered=Kure;
01/04/1946 Scuttled=Goto Is.;32*37'N;129*17'E;
30/11/1945Removed from Navy List;

SortiesbySub Ships Attacked

[Lt.Cdr/Cdr.Inaba Michimune] [51]
18/12/1942Kure-28/12/1942Truk=Transit;
28/12/1943Truk-31/12/1943Shortland=Transit;
01/01/1943Shortland-05/01/1943Shortland=Guadalcanal(Supply20t;Rescued23men);
06/01/1943Shortland-10/01/1943Shortlandl=Guadalcanal(Supply12t;Rescued39men);
10/01/1943Shortland-11/01/1943Rabaul=Transit;
14/01/1943Rabaul-18/01/1943Rabaul=Buna(Supply t;Rescued47men);
22/01/1943Rabaul-27/01/1943Rabaul=Buna(Supply13drums;Rescued39men);
28/01/1943Rabaul-01/02/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply23t;Rescued59men);
03/02/1943Rabaul-07/02/1943Rabaul=Buna(Supply18t;Rescued40men);
14/02/1943Rabaul-18/02/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply45t;Rescued90men);
20/02/1943Rabaul-24/02/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply40t+10men;Rescued72men);
25/02/1943Rabaul-27/02/1943Truk=Transit;
02/03/1943Truk-07/03/1943Yokosuka=Transit(Repairs);
06/04/1943Yokosuka-09/04/1943Yokosuka=Truk;Aborted,Damaged,typhoon;(Repairs);
l/05/1943Yokosuka- l/05/1943Kure=Transit;
07/06/1943Kure-13/06/1943Paramushiro=Transit;
15/06/1943Paramushiro-25/06/1943Paramushiro=Kiska(Supply,Unkato);
02/07/1943Paramushiro-04/08/1943Paramushiro=n.Kiska-Amchitka;
06/08/1943Paramushiro-10/08/1943Yokosuka=Transit(Repairs);
08/09/1943Yokosuka-07/11/1943Kwajalein=Hawaii-Canton Is.;
09/11/1943Kwajalein-12/11/1943Truk=Transit(Repairs);
21/12/1943Truk-24/12/1943Rabaul=Transit;
28/12/1944Rabaul-02/01/1944Rabaul=Sarmi,New Guinea(Supply t)
05/01/1944Rabaul-09/01/1944Truk=Transit;
10/01/1944Truk-16/01/1944Sasebo=Transit(Repairs);
[Lt.Cdr.Teramoto Iwao] [59]
26/03/1944Kure-09/05/1944Kure=e.Marshall Is.-Majuro(Repairs);
19/06/1944Kure-30/06/1944Truk=(Supply);
05/07/1944Truk-16/07/1944Kure=(Rescue,86men);
08/11/1944Otsujima-30/11/1944Kure=UlithiAtoll(Kaiten-KikusuiGroup);
30/12/1944Otsujima-21/01/1945Kure=UlithiAtoll(Kaiten-KongoGroup);
[Lt.Cdr:Sugamasa Tetsuaki] [65]
02/03/1945Hikari-10/03/1945Kure=IwoJima(Kaiten-ShimbuGroup);
22/04/1945Hikari-30/04/1945Hikari=Okinawa(Kaiten-TembuGroup);
04/06/1945Otsujima-09/07/1945Kure=Saipan-e.Guam-Okinawa(Kaiten-TodorokiGroup);
/10/1945Kure- /10/1945Sasebo=Transit;

Sorties=21

[Lt.Cdr.Teramoto Iwao] [59]
11/01/1945Sunk.US.LC.LCI600;246t;UlithiAtoll;Kaiten;10*06'N;139*43'E;
11/01/1945Dam US.MS.Mazama;5450t;UlithiAtoll;Kaiten;10*06'N;139*43'E;
[Lt.Cdr:Sugamasa Tetsuaki] [65]
20/06/1945Dam.US.ARL.Endymion;1653t;Saipan;12*41'N;156*20'E;

M/S Sunk=0
M/S Damaged =01@005450t
W/S Sunk =01@000246t
W/S Damaged =01@001653t
Total Sunk =01@000246t
Total Damaged =02@007103t
Total =03@007349t

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