file created: 12/07/02 00:43:48 , last update: 11/16/02
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SS I-4
Imperial Japanese Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Junsen 1 . .
Kawasaki Kobe
1928/05/22 1929/12/04 1942/12/21
missed
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/11/16     SubRon2/SubDiv8 departed Jokosuka for Hawai   99 
41/12/10       Kauai Chanel, SE of P.H.   99 
41/12/14       sinking m/s Hoegh Merchant (Norway, 4858 BRT) 20 nm ENE of P.H.   85  99 
41/12/15     SubRon2/SubDiv8 shell Kahului, Maui   99 
41/12/18 42/01/15   SubRon2/SubDiv8 patrol off Hawaii   99 
42/01/16 42/01/22   SubRon2/SubDiv8 sail from Hawaii to Kwajalein   99 
42/01/24 42/02/02     sail from Kwajalein to Jokosuka   99 
42/02/02 42/02/12     Jokosuka - repairs, refit   99 
42/02/12 42/02/2?   SubRon2/SubDiv8 sail from Jokosuka for Kendari, Celebes   99 
42/02/28       sinking Ban Ho Guan (Dutch, 1693 BRT) SW of Bali   99 
42/03 42/03/28     Penang, Malaya   99 
42/03/28 42/05/01   SubRon2/SubDiv8 patrol off Ceylon   99 
42/05/0? 42/05/1?     sail from Penang to Singapore > Jokosuka   99 
42/05/1? 42/06/11     Jokosuka - refit, repairs   99 
42/06/11 42/08/01   SubRon2/SubDiv8 patrol off Aleutians   99 
42/07       patrol (with I-5) off Dutch Harbor   99 
42/07/20       ordered back to Japan   99 
42/08/01 42/09/08     Jokosuka - overhaul   99 
42/09/08 42/09/14   SubRon2/SubDiv8 sail from Jokosuka to Truk   99 
42/09/15 42/11/03     patrol off Solomons   99 
42/09/29       damaging AK-26 Alhena S of San Cristobal (10-47S, 161-16E)   85 
42/10/1? 42/10/3?   SubFor/KO/SubRon2 xSCruz   103 
42/10/29     SubFor/KO/SubRon2 sinking transport Alhena SE of Guadalcanal  
42/11/20 42/11/23     sail from Truk to Shortland   99 
42/12/16 42/12/25     supply mission from Rabaul to Buna, New Guinea   99 
42/12/20       MIA  
42/12/20       sunk/prob(Seadragon) SE of Rabaul (05-02, 152-33E)   99 
42/12/25       sunk/prob(PT-122) Kumasu River Entry  

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1943/01/05 presumed lost; 1943/03/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2/6551
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