RO-42 ex No-208

Type Builder Name Laid Down Launched Completed Notes
K6
Sasebo N.Yd.
27/04/1942 25/10/1942 27/08/1943 Home Base:Maizuru Naval Base;
31/08/1943-25/11/1943=Sub.Ron.11;1st Fleet;Combined Fleet;
25/11/1943-30/11/1943=Sub.Ron.11;6th Fleet;Combined Fleet;;
30/11/1943-10/08/1944=Sub.Div.34;6th Fleet;Combined Fleet;

CEO:Lt.Cdr.Wada Mutsuo [61]=25/061943-31/08/1943;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Wada Mutsuo [61]=31/08/1943-14/05/1944;
CO:Lt.Kudo Yoshinosuke [66]=14/05/1944-11/06/1944+KIA;

25/09/1943 Renumbered RO-42;
11/06/1944 Sunk=40m.e.Roi Is.;10*05'N;168*22'E;
Depth Charges;US.DE.Bangust;
No Survivors; 73 KIA;
10/08/1944 Removed from Navy List;

SortiesbySub Ships Attacked

[Lt/Lt.Cdr.Wada Mutsuo] [61]
04/12/1943 Maizuru-12/12/1943 Truk=Transit;
23/12/1943 Truk-24/01/1944 Truk=Espirito Santo,Solomons;
17/02/1944 Truk-19/02/1944 Truk=e.Truk;
25/02/1944 Truk-28/03/1944 Truk=Kwajalein-Mili Is.-Jaluit-e.Truk;(Repairs);
12/04/1944 Truk-14/04/1944 Truk=s.Truk;
23/04/1944 Truk-30/04/1944 Yokosuka=Transit;(Repairs);
[Lt.Kudo Yoshinosuke] [66]
15/05/1944 Yokosuka-11/06/1944 Sunk=ene.Kwajalein-e.Roi Is.+

Sorties=5

[Lt/Lt.Cdr.Wada Mutsuo] [61]
14/01/1944 Sunk.US.YP.YO159;800t;s.Noumea;15*27'S;171*28'E

M/S Sunk=0
M/S Damaged =0
W/S Sunk =01@000800t
W/S Damaged =0
Total Sunk =01@000800t
Total Damaged =0
Total =01@000800t

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