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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.
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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 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.
During the Second World War, the Estevan Point lighthouse was attacked by the Japanese submarine I-26.On June 20, 1942, I-26, under the command of Yokota Minoru, surfaced and shelled the lighthouse, [5] at the same time as the Japanese submarine I-25 made a similar attack at the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon, shelling Fort Stevens.
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.
The Japan Maritime Self Defence Force Kure Museum (海上自衛隊呉史料館 (Kaijō Jieitai Kure Shiryōkan)) is a Japanese military museum located in Kure, Hiroshima.It is also known as the "Iron Whale Museum" (鉄のくじら館 (Tetsu no Kujira Kan)) after its main exhibit, JMSDF's diesel-electric submarine Akishio (decommissioned in 2004).
The submarine launched a decoy mine ahead of the convoy's position, causing the convoy to shift bearing to avoid the mine. This, however, was just diversionary and the mine was a dummy. USS Underhill after realising this noticed several sonar contacts, which were later revealed to be a Japanese submarine and several Kaiten. A depth charge run ...