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Type	Builder Name	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Notes
J1M	Kawasaki Kobe Updated: 18/05/2018	30/10/1929	19/06/1931	31/07/1932	Home Base:Yokosuka ND; 31/07/1932-15/11/1933=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; 01/12/1936-01/05/1939=Sub.Div.8; Sub.Ron.1; 1stFleet; Combined Fleet; 15/11/1939-01/03/1940=Sub.Div.8; Submarine School, Kure; Yokosuka ND; 01/03/1940-01/04/1940=Sub.Div.8; 3rd Reserve; Yokosuka ND; 01/04/1940-15/11/1940=Sub.Div.8; Yokosuka ND; 15/11/1940-20/08/1942= Sub.Div.8; Sub Ron2; 6thFleet; 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; 21/10/1935-01/12/1936 ?=Reserve; CEO:Lt.Cdr.Sato Shiro [43]=01/12/1931-31/07/1932; CO:Lt.Cdr/Cdr.Sato Shiro [43]=31/07/1932-16/07/1934; CO:Lt.Cdr.Kijima Moritsugu [44]=16/07/1934-25/08/1934; CO:Cdr.Sato Shiro [43]=25/08/1934-15/11/1934; CO:Lt.Cdr.Takezaki Kaoru [45]=15/11/1934-02/11/1936 (+)CO:Cdr.Minakuchi Hyoe [46]=02/11/1936-01/12/1936; CO:Cdr.Iwagami Hidetoshi [46]=01/12/1936-01/12/1937; CO:Lt.Cdr.Uchino Shinji [49]=01/12/1937-15/12/1938; CO:Cdr.Shimizu Taro [48]=15/12/1938-15/12/1939; CO: Cdr.Nishino Kozo [48]=15/11/1939-19/10/1940; CO:Cdr. Shichiji Tsuneo [49]=19/10/1940-05/02/1942; CO:Cdr. Nakamura (Uno) Otoji [52]=05/02/1942-28/02/1942; CO:Lt.Cdr. Utsuki Hidejiro [52]=28/02/1942-31/10/1942; CO:Lt.Cdr. Sekito Yoshimitsu [57]=31/10/1942-20/04/1943; CO:Lt.Cdr. Morinaga Masahiko [59]=20/04/1943-30/04/1944; CO:Lt.Cdr. Doi Mareshige [60]=30/04/1944 -19/07/1944+KIA; 1932 Start A/C trials (Yokosho 2Go E6Y1); /05/1933 catapult. Installed in place of aft gun; 30/10/1933 Damaged, collision, Jap.MS.Tsukushi Maru No.5; /02/1935- /07/1936 A/C trials (Watanabe E9W1); /m1940 A/C hangars & catapult removed; 25/02/191942 Damaged, Jap. A/C, M.G. West of Timor; 28/02/1942 Damaged, grounded; Staring Bay; 20/03/1942 Salvaged,Repaired; 19/07/1944 Sunk=e.Guam;1301'N;15158'E; Depth Charge,US.DE.Wyman; No Survivors; 130 KIA; 19/07/1944 Presumed lost; 10/09/1944 Removed from Navy List;


SortiesbySub	Ships Attacked
[Lt.Cdr.Sato Shiro] [43] 31/07/1932 Kobe-01/08/1932 Yokosuka=Transit; [Lt.Cdr.Takezaki Kaoru] [45] 29/03/1935Sasebo-04/04/1935Sasebo=c.Chinese waters=Training; [Cdr.Iwagami Hidetoshi] [46] 27/03/1937Sasebo-06/04/1937Ariake Bay=Tsingtao Area=Training; 20/08/1937Japan-23/08/1937Shanghai=Escort sortie(BatDiv1+BatDiv3); [Cdr. Shichiji Tsuneo] [49] 18/11/1941Yokosuka-23/01/1942Kwajalein=Hawaii,Mashall Is. 24/01/1942Kwajalein-02/02/1942Yokosuka=Transit,(Repairs) [Cdr. Nakamura (Uno) Otoji] [52] 11/02/1942Yokosuka-16/02/1942Palau=Transit; 17/02/1942Palau-22/02/1942StaringBay=Transit; 23/02/1942StaringBay-26/02/1942Kupang=sortie aborted, MG damage;(Repairs); 27/02/1942Kupang-28/02/1942StaringBay=Transit;Damaged(Grounded)(Repairs); [Lt.Cdr. Utsuki Hidejiro] [52] 25/03/1942StaringBay-16/04/1942Singapore=IndianOcean-Maldive Is.-Ceylon; 21/04/1942Singapore-01/05/1942Yokosuka=Transit(Repairs); 17/06/1942Yokosuka-24/06/1942Kiska=Transit; /07/1942Kiska- /07/1942Kiska=n.UnimakPassage-DutchHarbor; 25/07/1942Kiska-01/08/1942Yokosuka=Transit(Repairs); 08/09/1942Yokosuka-16/09/1942Truk=Transit; 17/09/1942Truk-02/10/1942Shortland=Solomons-se.SanCristobal Is; 05/10/1942Shortland- l/10/1942Truk=Solomons,Indispensable Reef;(Repairs); [Lt.Cdr. Sekito Yoshimitsu] [57] 21/11/1942Truk-25/11/1942Rabaul=Transit(Repairs); 02/12/1942Rabaul-03/12/1942Shortland=Transit(Repairs); 09/12/1942Shortland-10/12/1942Rabaul=Transit; 14/12/1942Rabaul-17/12/1942Truk=Transit; 20/12/1942Truk-28/12/1942Yokosuka=Transit(Repairs); 09/03/1943Yokosuka-17/03/1943Truk=Transit; 20/03/1942Truk-24/03/1943=Rabaul=Transit; 26/03/1943Rabaul-01/04/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply); 03/04/1943Rabaul-09/04/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply29t;21men); 10/04/1943Rabaul-16/04/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply25.9t;15men;Rescued 35men); 19/04/1943Rabaul-25/04/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply20t;14men;Rescued 38men); 28/04/1943Rabaul-04/05/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply35.4t;22 men;Rescued 40 men);(Repairs); 06/05/1943Rabaul-12/05/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply34t;23men;Rescued 39men); 14/05 /1943Rabaul-20/05/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply); 21/05/1943Rabaul-27/05/1943Rabaul=Lae(Supply20.5t;24men;Rescued 37men); 28/05/1943Rabaul-31/05/1943Lae=(Supply22.3t;23men); 31/05/1943Lae-10/06/1943Yokosuka=Transit(Repairs); [Lt.Cdr. Morinaga Masahiko] [59] 10/07/1943Yokosuka-17/07/1943Paramushiro=Transit; 28/07/1943Paramushiro-04/08/1943Paramushiro=w.Aleutians; e/08/1943Paramushiro- e/08/1943Paramushiro=Attu(Supply+Rescue); 15/08/1943Paramushiro-20/09/1943Paramushiro=Kiska; 22/09/1943Paramushiro-29/09/1943Yokosuka=Transit(Repairs); 27/01/1944Yokosuka-01/02/1944Saipan=Transit; 11/02/1944Saipan-19/02/1944Rabaul=(Supply;26men); 22/02/1944Rabaul-26/02/1944Rabaul=Sarmi(Supply); e/03/1944Rabaul-e/03/1944Rabaul=Sarmi(Supply); 10/03/1944Rabaul-15/03/1944Truk=Transit; 19/03/1944Truk-26/03/1944Yokosuka=Transit(Repair); [Lt.Com. Doi Mareshige] [60] 07/05/1944Yokosuka-m/05/1944Yokosuka=Saipan-Ponape(Supply); 26/05/1944Yokosuka-03/06/1944Saipan=e.Saipan; 05/06/1944Saipan-12/06/1944Truk=Ponape(Supply);Aborted; 15/06/1944Truk-22/06/1944Truk=e.Marianas; 05/07/1944Truk-11/07/1944Truk=Ponape Is.(Supply)(Repairs); 16/07/1944Truk-19/07/1944Sunk=-e.Guam(Yokosuka)+ Sorties=28	[Lt.Cdr. Utsuki Hidejiro] [52] 06/04/1942sunk.US.MS.Washingtonian;6617t;IndianOcean.0725'N;7305'E; 10/04/1942sunkSailingShip,IndianOcean.07* 'N;79* 'E; ? M/S Sunk =01@006617t M/S Damaged =0 W/S Sunk =0 W/S Damaged =0 Total Sunk =01@006617t Total Damaged =0 Total =01@006617t

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