Japanese submarine I-26

Japanese submarine I-26

"I-26" was a Japanese B1 type submarine which saw service in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She was completed and commissioned at the Kure Dockyard on 6 November 1941, under the command of Commander Yokota Minoru.

Patrols on the US and Canadian West Coast

On 7 December 1941, the "I-26" sank the U.S. Army chartered schooner "Cynthia Olson" [Artfiberglass.com, [http://www.artfiberglass.com/ship/co.html The SS "Cynthia Olson"] ] 300 nmi (550 km) off the coast of California — the first American merchant ship to be sunk by a Japanese submarine in the war.

In the evening of June 20, 1942, while patrolling off the coast of British Columbia, "I-26" surfaced and shelled the lighthouse and radio-direction-finding (RDF) installation at Estevan Point. [Historylink.org, [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=7166 Japanese submarine sinks the SS Coast Trader on June 7, 1942.] ] This simple act caused a disproportionate effect on coastal shipping, as all lighthouses along the coast were then extinguished for fear of their use by enemy vessels. [Rc-sub.com, [http://www.rc-sub.com/bclass.html Japanese "B" Class Project] ]

In the Afternoon of June 20 1942 I-26 torpedoed the freighter Fort Camosun carrying munitions off the cost of Cape Flattery Washington

Pacific actions

On 31 August 1942, she crippled the aircraft carrier USS "Saratoga" (CV-3) at coord|10|34|S|164|18|E with one torpedo hit (out of six launched). [USS Saratoga Association, [http://www.uss-saratoga.com/saratoga5.pdf Saratoga V] ]

On 13 November, during the Third Battle of the Solomon Sea (American: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal), she also hit the badly-damaged cruiser USS "Juneau" (CL-52) at coord|10|33|S|161|03|E. "I-26"’s torpedo set off "Juneau"’s magazine, blowing the ship in half; only ten of the ship's 650-man crew were ultimately rescued, not including the five Sullivan brothers. [History.navy.mil, [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/j5/juneau-i.htm "Juneau"] ]

On the night of 25–26 October 1944, in the aftermath of the Battle off Samar, "I-26" attacked USS "Petrof Bay" (CVE-80) off Leyte. "I-26" was sunk by either USS "Coolbaugh" (DE-217) or USS "Richard M. Rowell" (DE-403).

The last contact with "I-26" was on 25 October; she was officially presumed lost east of Leyte on 21 November 1944. "I-26" was finally removed from the Navy List on 10 March 1945."I-26" was the IJN's third highest scoring submarine in terms of tonnage sunk, sinking more than 51,500 tons.

Commanding officers

* Cmdr. Minoru Yokota — 6 November 1941 – 18 September 1943
* Lt. Cmdr. Toshio Kusaka — 18 September 1943 – 1 August 1944
* Lt. Cmdr. Shoichi Nishiuchi — 1 August 1944 – 26 October 1944 (KIA)

Notes

See also

* List of ships of the Japanese Navy

External links

* [http://www.combinedfleet.com/type_b1.htm CombinedFleet.com: B1-type submarines]
* [http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-26.htm CombinedFleet.com: "I-26" history]


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