I-400 ex No-5231

Type Builder Name Laid Down Launched Completed Notes
STO
Kure N Yd

Updated=20/08/2019
18/01/1943 18/01/1944 30/12/1944

Home Base:Kure ND;
30/12/1944-15/09/1945;Sub.Div.1;6th Fleet;Combined Fleet;

CEO:Cdr.Kusaka Toshio [53]=01/09/1944-15/12/1944;
CO:Cdr.Kusaka Toshio [53]=15/12/1944-28/08/1945;

Pilots:Ensign Fukunaga Masayoshi; CPO Wakasa hideo; CPO Okuyama;

212/04/1945 Damaged, Mine;
7/08/1945 Surrendered=200m.se.Yokosuka;
04/06/1946 to US;Scuttled off Oahu,Hawaii;21*13'N;158*07'W;
Torpedo;US.SS.Trumpetfish;
No Casualties;
15/09/1945Removed from Navy List;

US Navy:
CO:Cdr.Hiram H Cassedy=28/08/1945-29/08/1945;
CO:Cdr.William B. Sieglaff=30/08/1945- / /1945;
CO:Cdr.Joseph M. McDowell= / /1945- / /1946;


SortiesbySub Ships Attacked

[Cdr.Kusaka Toshio] [53]
12/04/1945Kure-12/04/1945=Kure=Fuel Supply; Aborted,Mine Damage;
16/04/1945Kure-27/04/1945Kure=Dairen=Fuel Supply 1700t;;
02/06/1945Kure-05/06/1945Nanao Bay=Transit;
13/07/1945Nanao Bay-13/07/1945Maizuru=Transit;
20/07/1945Maizuru-22/07/1945Ominato=Transit;
23/07/1945Ominato-31/08/1945Yokosuka=Ulithi Atoll(A/C.Attack)Aborted;

Sorties=2

US Navy:
[Cdr.Joseph M. McDowell]
29/10/1945Yokosuka-01/11/1945Sasebo=Transit;
11/12/1945Sasebo-18/12/1945Guam=Transit;
21/12/1945Guam- l/12/1945Eniwetok Atoll=Transit;
l/12/1945Eniwetok Atoll-26/12/1945Kwajalein=Transit;
27/12/1945Kwajalein-06/01/1946PearlHarbor=Transit;

Sorties=0

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