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Type Builder Name Laid Down Launched Completed Notes
J2

Kawasaki Kobe

Updated:18/09/2019

14/10/1932 31/03/1934 15/05/1935

Home Base:Yokosuka ND;
15/05/1935-01/06/1935=Yokosuka ND;
01/06/1935-15/11/1935=Sub.Div.8; Sub.Ron.1; 1st Fleet; Combined Fleet;
15/11/1935-01/12/1936=Yokosuka ND;
01/12/1936-15/12/1938=Sub.Div.8; Sub.Ron.1; 1st Fleet; Combined Fleet;
15/12/1938-01/04/1939=SubDiv:8; 2nd Reserve; Yokosuka ND;
01/04/1939-15/11/1940=SubDiv:8; Torpedo School,Yokosuka; Yokosuka ND;
15/11/1940-20/08/1942=SubDiv:8; Sub.Ron.2; 6th Fleet; Combined Fleet;
20/08/1942-31/03/1943=Sub.Div.7; 6th Fleet; Combined Fleet;
31/03/1943-01/02/1944=Sub.Div.7; 5th Fleet; Combined Fleet;
01/02/1944-10/09/1944=Sub.Div.7; 6th Fleet; Combined Fleet;

CEO:Cdr.Kijima Moritsugu [44]=25/08/1934-15/05/1935;
CO:Cdr.Kijima Moritsugu [44]=15/05/1935-25/05/1935;
CO:Cdr.Nagai Takeo [47]=25/05/1935-01/12/1936;
CO:Cdr.Okada Yusaku [47]=01/12/1936-15/11/1937;
CO:Cdr.Oyama Toyojiro [47]=15/11/1937-01/11/1939;
CO:Cdr.Nagai Hiroaki [48]=01/11/1939-30/10/1940;
CO: Cdr.Narahara Shogo [48]=30/10/1940-31/01/1941;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Inaba Michimune [51]=31/01/1941-23/05/1942;
CO:Lt.Cdr. Nakamura Shozo [54]=23/05/1942-15/12/1942;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Izutsu Monshiro [57]=15/12/1942-20/05/1943;
CO:Lt.Cdr. Shimose Kichiro [58]=20/05/1943-01/04/1944;
CO:Vacant=01/04/1944-29/04/1944;
(A)CO:Lt/Lt.Cdr. Shinohara Shigeo [62]=30/04/1944-12/05/1944;
(A)CO:Cdr. Hori Takeo [50]=12/05/1944-27/05/1944;
CO:Lt.Com. Fumon Shozo [63]=27/05/1944-30/06/1944+KIA;

13/03/1943 Laid 9 Mines,Brisbane;

/m/1935- /07/1936 A/C trials (Watanabe E9W1);
/e/1940 new catapult installed;
/m1940 A/C hangars & catapult removed;
01/08/1935 Damaged=Collision-DD.Akatsuki;
16/06/1944 Sunk=N.E.Hachijō-jima, Izu Islands; ~33*N 139*E;
Rammed; Japanese M/S Toyokawa Maru;
No Survivors; 104 KIA;
30/06/1945 Presumed lost;
10/09/1944 Removed from Navy List;


SortiesbySub Ships Attacked

[Cdr.Okada Yusaku] [47]
27/03/1937Sasebo-06/04/1937Ariake Bay=Tsingtao Area=Training;
20/08/1937Japan-23/08/1937Shanghai=Escort sortie(BatDiv1+BatDiv3);
[Lt.Cdr.Inaba Michimune] [51]
16/11/1941Yokosuka-22/01/1942Kwajalein=Hawaii,Mashall Is;
24/01/1942Kwajalein-02/02/1942Yokosuka=Transit,(Repairs);
14/02/1942Yokosuka-22/02/1942StaringBay=Transit;
22/02/1942StaringBay-08/03/1942Penang=IndianOcean-Christmas Is;
26/03/1942Penang-17/04/1942Singapore=IndianOcean-Maldive Is;
21/04/1942Singapore-01/05/1942Yokosuka=Transit(Repairs);
[Lt.Cdr. Nakamura Shozo] [54]
20/06/1942Yokosuka- l/06/1942Kiska,Aleutians;=s.Kiska;
30/06/1942Kiska- e/07/1942Kiska=s.Kiska;
07/1942Kiska- /07/1942Kiska=Atka;
08/08/1942Kiska-10/08/1942Kiska=s.Kiska;
15/08/1942Kiska-23/08/1942Yokosuka=Transit(Repair);
[Lt.Cdr.Izutsu Monshiro] [57]
16/02/1943 Yokosuka-23/02/1943Truk=Transit;
02/03/1943Truk-27/03/1943Rabaul=e.CoastAustralia,Brisbane(Laid 9 Mines);
03/04/1943Rabaul-07/04/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply41t+30men;Rescued29men);
09/04/1943Rabaul-13/04/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply44t+26men;Rescued42men);
15/04/1943Rabaul-19/04/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply21t+28men;Rescued39men);
22/04/1943Rabaul-26/04/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply33t+20men;Rescued42men);
28/04/1943Rabaul-02/05/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply23t+30men;Rescued41men);
05/05/1943Rabaul-09/05/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply20t+10men;Rescued12men);
11/05/1943Rabaul-16/05/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply25t+10men;Rescued4men);
[Lt.Cdr. Shimose Kichiro] [58]
19/05/1943Rabaul-23/05/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply57t+31men;Rescued40men);
26/05/1943Rabaul-01/06/1943Truk=Lae(Supply24t+23men+1DaihatsuBarge);
02/06/1943Truk-08/06/1943Yokosuka=Transit(Repairs);
01/07/1943Yokosuka- e/07/1943Paramushiro=Transit;
16/07/1943Paramushiro-04/08/1943Paramushiro=Attu;
16/08/1943Paramushiro-03/09/1943Paramushiro=Kiska;
05/09/1943Paramushiro-10/09/1943Yokosuka=Transit(Repairs);
30/10/1943Yokosuka- e/11/1943Rabaul=Transit;
14/11/1943Rabaul-18/11/1943Rabaul=Sio(Supply);
02/12/1943Rabaul-06/12/1943Rabaul=Sio(Supply);
16/12/1943Rabaul-20/12/1943Rabaul=Sio(Supply);
25/12/1943Rabaul-02/01/1944Rabaul=Sio(Supply)-DampierStrait;
04/01/1944Rabaul-10/01/1944Rabaul=Iboki,NewBritain(Supply);
17/01/1944Rabaul-21/01/1944Rabaul=Iboki,NewBritain(Supply);
28/01/1944Rabaul-01/02/1944Rabaul=Iboki,NewBritain(Supply);
03/02/1944Rabaul-07/02/1944Rabaul=Sarmi(Supply);
13/02/1944Rabaul-17/02/1944Rabaul=Manus Is.(Supply);
m/02/1944Rabaul-29/02/1944Yokosuka=Transit(Repairs);
[Lt.Com. Fumon Shozo] [63]
15/06/1944Yokosuka-30/06/1944Sunk=e.Saipan+(Yokosuka)

Sorties= 30

[Lt.Cdr.Inaba Michimune] [51]
11/01/1942dam.US.CV.Saratoga;37681t;500m,sw Hawaii.
02/04/1942sunk.Br.MS.ClanRoss;5897t;off Bombay.15*58'N;68*24'E;
07/04/1942.sunk.Br.MS.Bahadar;5424t;off Bombay.19*44'N;68*28'E;
10/04/1942sunk.??.SV.???;150t;off Bombay.
10/04/1942.sunk.??SV.???;150t;off Bombay.

M/S Sunk =04@011621t
M/S Damaged =0
W/S Sunk =0
W/S Damaged =01@037681t
Total Sunk =04@011621t
Total Damaged =01@037681t
Total =05@049302t

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