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The Japanese submarine ''I-1'' was a ''J1 type'' submarine built by Kawasaki, Kobe, for the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was a large cruiser submarine displacing 2,135 tons and was the lead of four boats built in the class. She was commissioned on 10 March 1926 and served in the Second World War. On 29 January 1943, during Operation Ke, the New Zealand naval trawlers, ''Kiwi'' and ''Moa'', intercepted and wrecked her after a surface battle at Kamimbo Bay, Guadalcanal. ==Her war activity == * 7 December 1941: during the attack on Pearl Harbor she was stationed in Kauai Channel to reconnoiter and attack any ships that sortied from the harbour. * 15 December 1941: bombarded Kahului, Maui. * 31 December 1941: shelled the harbor at Hilo, Hawaii. * 3 March 1942: Sinks the 8,806-ton Dutch steamer ''Siantar'' en route to Australia from Java. * 18 April 1942: witnessed the Doolittle raid on Tokyo * 11 June 1942: sets out to patrol the Aleutians. * 1 August 1942: is adapted to a cargo role. Her aft gun is removed to make room for a Daihatsu-class landing craft. * 26 October 1942: evacuates Japanese troops from Goodenough Island, New Guinea to Rabaul. * 10 January 1943: receives her Daihatsu. * 20 January 1943: Arrives at Rabaul and loads rice, bean paste, curry, ham and sausages, all in rubber containers, into the Daihatsu. The three-man crew of the barge is also embarked. * 24 January 1943: The ''I-1'' departs Rabaul for Buin to pick up supplies for a resupply mission to Guadalcanal. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Japanese submarine I-1 (1924)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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