RO-33

Type Builder Name Laid Down Launched Completed Notes
K5

Kure N Yd

Updated:25/03/2016

08/08/1933 10/10/1934 07/10/1935 HomeBase:Maizuru Naval Base;
07/10/1935-31/05/1937=Maizuru ND;
31/05/1937-15/12/1938=Sub.Div.21; Sasebo ND;
15/12/1938-08/04/1939=Sub.Div.21;Combined Fleet;
08/04/1939-15/11/1939=Sub.Div.21;Sub.Ron2;2ndFleet;Combined Fleet;;
15/11/1939-01/05/1940=Sub.Div.21;2nd Reserve; Sasebo ND;
01/05/1940-15/11/1940=Sub.Div.21;Sub.Ron.5;4th Fleet;Combined Fleet
15/11/1940-10/03/1942=Sub.Div.21;Sub.Ron.4;Combined Fleet;
10/03/1942-10/04/1942=Sub.Div.21;Sub.Ron.6;Combined Fleet;
10/04/1942-14/07/1942=Sub.Div.21;Sub.Ron.7;4th Fleet;Combined Fleet;
14/07/1942-05/10/1942=Sub.Div.21;Sub.Ron.7;8th Fleet;Combined Fleet;

30/10/1940-15/11/1940 ?=Reserve;

CEO:
CO:Lt.Cdr.Ishikawa Nobuo [49]=07/10/1935-15/02/1936;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Ageta Kiyoi [50]=15/02/1936-20/03/1937;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Shibuya Tatsuwaka [52]=20/03/1937-20/06/1937;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Ariizumi Ryunosuke [51]=20/06/1937-15/10/1939;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Ichikawa (Isobe) Akira [52]=15/10/1939-20/03/1940;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Ohira Masajiro [52]=20/03/1940-30/10/1940;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Watanabe Katsuji [55]=30/10/1940-31/07/1941;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Sakamoto Eiichi [57]=31/07/1941-05/06/1942;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Kuriyama Shigeshi [58]=05/06/1942-29/08/1942+KIA;

29/08/1942 Sunk=10m.se.Port Moresby;09*36'S;147*06'E;
Depth Charges;Aust.DD.Arunta;
No Survivors;70 KIA;
05/10/1942 Removed from Navy List;

SortiesbySub Ships Attacked

[Lt.Cdr.Ariizumi Ryunosuke] [51]
09/04/1938Sasebo-14/04/1938Keelung,Taiwan=s.Chinese waters=Training;
[ Lt.Cdr.Ohira Masajiro] [52]
16/05/1940Sasebo-22/09/1940Yokosuka=Caroline Is.;Marshall Is.;Mariana Is.;Training;
11/10/1940=Yokohama Naval Review;
[Lt.Cdr.Sakamoto Eiichi] [57]
08/12/1941Sasebo-14/12/1941CamranhBay=n.Anambas Is;
21/12/1941CamranhBay-07/01/1942CamranhBay=e.Singapore-s.Anambas Is;
13/01/1942CamranhBay-30/01/1942CamranhBay=se.Anambas Is;-w.Java;
08/02/1942CamranhBay-08/03/1942StaringBay=s.Java-LombokStrait-Indian Ocean;
22/03/1942StaringBay-26/03/1942Palau=Transit;
30/03/1942Palau-03/04/1942Truk=Transit;
15/04/1942Truk-18/04/1942Rabaul=Transit;
20/04/1942Rabaul-23/04/1942Rabaul=Rossel Is-Deboyne Is;
01/05/1942Rabaul-19/05/1942Rabaul=OspreyReef-Port Moresby;
20/05/1942Rabaul-23/05/1942Truk=Transit;
23/05/1942Truk-30/05/1942Sasebo=Transit;(Repairs);
[Lt.Cdr.Kuriyama Shigeshi] [58]
09/07/1942Sasebo-17/07/1942Truk=Transit;
23/07/1942Truk-27/07/1942Rabaul=Transit;
29/07/1942Rabaul-16/08/1942Rabaul=CoralSea-PortMoresby-Guadalcanal-Tulagi;Repairs;
22/08/1942Rabaul-29/08/1942Sunk=s.PortMoresby+

Sorties=8

[Lt.Cdr.Kuriyama Shigeshi] [58]
06/08/1942sunk.Br.MS.Mamutua;300t;PortMoresby;09*11'S;144*12'E;
29/08/1942dam.Au.MS.Malaita;3310t;PortMoresby;09*50'S;144*55'E;

M/S Sunk=01@000300t
M/S Damaged =01@003310t
W/S Sunk =0
W/S Damaged =0
Total Sunk =01@000300t
Total Damaged =01@003310t
Total =02@003610t

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