I-4 ex No-61

Type Builder Name Laid Down Launched Completed Notes
J1

Kawasaki Kobe;

Updated.
18/05/2018

17/04/1926 22/05/1928 24/12/1929

Home Base:Yokosuka ND;
24/12/1929-01/08/1930=Sub.Div.7; Yokosuka Defence Div.; Yokosuka ND;
01/08/1930-01/12/1930=Sub.Div.8; Yokosuka ND;
01/12/1930-01/10/1932=Sub.Div.8; Sub.Ron.1; 1stFleet;
01/10/1932-15/11/1933=Sub.Div.8; Yokosuka Defence Div.; Yokosuka ND;
15/11/1933-15/11/1935=Sub.Div.8; Sub.Ron.1; 1stFleet; Combined Fleet;
15/11/1935-01/12/1936=Sub.Div.8; Yokosuka Defence Ron.; Yokosuka ND;
01/12/1936-15/11/1939=Sub.Div.8; Sub.Ron.1; 1stFleet; Combined Fleet;
15/11/1939-15/11/1940=Sub.Div.8; 3rd Reserve; Yokosuka ND;
15/11/1940-20/08/1942=Sub.Div.8; Sub.Ron.2; 6th Fleet; Combined Fleet;
20/08/1942-01/03/1943=Sub.Div.7; 6th Fleet; Combined Fleet;

15/11/1935-//19 ?=Reserve;
//19 -31/10/1941 ?=Reserve;

CEO:Cdr.Takatsuka Seigo [38]=15/05/1929-24/12/1929;
CO:Cdr.Takatsuka Seigo [38]=24/12/1929-01/04/1930;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Kouda Takero [41]=01/04/1930-01/12/1931;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Nakaoka Nobuki [45]=01/12/1931-05/10/1932;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Teraoka Masao [46]=05/10/1932-21/10/1935;
(+)CO:Lt.Cdr.Takezaki Kaoru {45]=21/10/1935-15/11/1935;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Mizohata Sadaichi [46]=15/11/1935-26/12/1935;
(+)CO:Lt.Cdr.Takezaki Kaoru {45]=26/12/1935-30/06/1936;
CO:Cdr.Minakuchi Hyoe [46]=30/06/1936-01/12/1937;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Kobayashi Hajime [48]=01/12/1937-15/11/1938;
CO:Lt.Cdr/Cdr.Emi Tetsushiro [50]=15/11/1938-31/10/1941
CO:Cdr.Nakagawa Hajime [50]=31/10/1941-15/08/1942;
CO:Cdr.Kawasaki Mutsuro [51]=15/08/1942-06/11/1942;
CO:Lt.Cdr.Ueno Toshitake [56]=06/11/1942-20/12/1942+KIA;

03/03/1942 Shelled Cocos Is;

12/04//1929 Renumbered I-4;
20/12/1942 Sunk=St.George's Channel,Solomons;05*02"S;152*33"E;
Torpedo,US.SS.Seadragon;
No Survivors; 90 KIA;
05/01/1943 Presumed lost;
01/03/1943 Removed from Navy List;


SortiesbySub Ships Attacked

[Lt.Cdr.Teraoka Masao] [46]
29/03/1935Sasebo-04/04/1935Sasebo=c.Chinese waters=Training;
[Cdr.Minakuchi Hyoe] [46]
27/03/1937Sasebo-06/04/1937Ariake Bay=Tsingtao Area=Training;
20/08/1937Japan-23/08/1937Shanghai=Escort sortie(BatDiv1+BatDiv3);
[Cdr. Nakagawa Hajime] [50]
16/11/1941 Yokosuka-22/01/1942 Kwajalein=Hawaii,Mashall Is.
24/01/1942 Kwajalein-02/02/1942 Yokosuka=Transit(Repairs)
11/02/1942 Yokosuka-17/02/1942 Palau=Transit;
18/02/1942 Palau-22/02/1942 StaringBay=Transit;
23/02/1942 StaringBay-08/03/1942 Penang=IndianOcean-Cocos Is;
28/03/1942 Penang-16/04/1942 Singapore=Indian Ocean-Ceylon-Maldive Is.;
21/04/1942 Singapore-01/05/1942 Yokosuka=Transit(Repairs);
11/06/1942 Yokosuka-18/06/1942 Kiska=Transit;
30/06/1942 Kiska-20/07/1942 Kiska=Adak-Amchitka-n.UnimakPassage-DutchHarbor;
25/07/1942 Kiska-01/08/1942 Yokosuka=Transit(Repairs);
[Cdr. Kawasaki Mutsuro] [51]
08/09/1942Yokosuka-15/09/1942Truk=Transit;
19/09/1942Truk-02/10/1942Rabaul=Solomons-se.SanCristobal Is;
05/10/1942Rabaul-03/11/1942Truk=Solomons,Indispensable Reef(Repairs);
[Lt.Cdr. Ueno Toshitake] [56]
20/11/1942 Truk-23/11/1942 Rabaul=Transit;
25/11/1942 Rabaul-26/11/1942 Shortland=Transit;
28/11/1942 Shortland-03/12/1942 Rabaul=Guadalcanal(Supply);
05/12/1942 Rabaul-10/12/1942 Shortland=Guadalcanal(Supply,20t);
12/12/1942 Shortland-14/12/1942 Rabaul=Transit;
16/12/1942 Rabaul-21/12/1942 Sunk=offNew Ireland,Solomons(Buna,Supply)+

Sorties=10;

[Cdr. Nakagawa Hajime] [50]
15/12/1941sunkNo.MS.HoeghMerchant;4858t;n.Oahu.
28/02/1942sunkNe.MS.BanHoGuan;1693t;s.Bali.
[Cdr. Kawasaki Mutsuro] [51]
29/09/1942dam.US.MS.Alhena;7447t;Solomons.10*47'S;161*16'E;

M/S Sunk =02@006551t
M/S Damaged =01@007447t
W/S Sunk =0
W/S Damaged =0
Total Sunk =02@006551t
Total Damaged =01@007447t
Total =03@013998t

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