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I-25 (イ-25) was a B1 type (I-15-class) submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II, took part in the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and was the only Axis submarine to carry out aerial bombing on the continental United States in World War II, during the so-called Lookout Air Raids, and the shelling of Fort Stevens, both attacks occurring in the state of Oregon.
Transporting a Yokosuka E14Y seaplane, the submarine was manned by a crew of 97. [1] On 21 June 1942, I-25 had entered U.S. coastal waters, following fishing boats to avoid the mine fields in the area. Late that night, Commander Tagami ordered his crew to surface his submarine at the mouth of the Columbia River.
The Bombardment of Ellwood during World War II was a naval attack by a Japanese submarine against United States coastal targets near Santa Barbara, California in February 1942. Though the damage was minimal, the event was key in triggering the West Coast invasion scare and influenced the decision to intern Japanese-Americans .
The Type D Modified ((潜)丁型改, (Submarine) Type D Modified) (I-373-class) submarine was designed as a tanker submarine based on the Type D1 but with no torpedoes. I-373 – sunk in the East China Sea on August 14, 1945, by USS Spikefish. I-373 was the last Japanese submarine sunk in World War II.
On 8 March 1942, Warrant Officer Nobuo Fujita photographed the Allied build-up in Wellington harbour in a "Glen" launched from the Japanese submarine I-25. On 13 March, he flew over Auckland, before the I-25 proceeded to Australia. On the night of 24/25 May, Warrant Officer Susumo Ito flew a "Glen" over Auckland from the Japanese submarine I-21.
Japanese submarine I-8 was the only submarine to complete a round-trip voyage between Japan and Europe during World War II. Type A1 headquarters submarines (three built, I-9, I-10, I-11) Carried one floatplane, two more cancelled 1942. Type A2 headquarters submarine (one built, I-12) Carried one floatplane, hangar and catapult fitted forward.
Nobuo Fujita (藤田 信雄, Fujita Nobuo) (1911 – 30 September 1997) was a Japanese naval aviator of the Imperial Japanese Navy who flew a floatplane from the long-range submarine aircraft carrier I-25 and conducted the Lookout Air Raids in southern Oregon on September 9, 1942, making him the only Axis pilot during World War II to aerial bomb the contiguous United States.
The Japanese submarine I-25. Imperial Japanese Navy submarines operated in New Zealand waters in 1942 and 1943: [5] I-29 is said to have operated off New Zealand in February 1942, although this seems unlikely given its construction was only completed in February. Its floatplane, a Yokosuka E14Y, was also said to have overflown Wellington. [6]