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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.
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 Type B1 submarine (巡潜乙型潜水艦, Junsen Otsu-gata sensuikan, lit. "Cruiser submarine type B") , also called I-15 -class submarine ( 伊一五型潜水艦 , I-jū-go-gata sensuikan ) was the first group of boats of the Type B cruiser submarines built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1940s.
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]
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.
I-26 was an Imperial Japanese Navy B1 type submarine commissioned in 1941. She saw service in the Pacific War theatre of World War II, patrolling off the West Coast of Canada and the United States, the east coast of Australia, and Fiji and in the Indian Ocean and taking part in Operation K, preparatory operations for the Aleutian Islands campaign, and the Guadalcanal campaign, the Marianas ...
I-15 was an Imperial Japanese Navy B1 type submarine commissioned in 1940 that served during World War II.She supported the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, operated off the United States West Coast, and took part in Operation K-1, the Aleutian Islands campaign, and the Guadalcanal campaign, including the Battle of the Eastern Solomons and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, before she was ...