Japanese submarine I-19
I-19 in 1943
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| Name: | I-19 |
| Builder: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe |
| Laid down: | March 1938 |
| Launched: | September 16, 1939 |
| Completed: | April 28, 1941 |
| Struck: | April 1, 1944 |
| Fate: | Depth charged and sunk November 25, 1943 by USS Radford. |
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| Class and type: | Type B1 submarine |
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| Length: | 108.7 m (357 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.3 m (31 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.14 m (16.9 ft) |
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| Range: | 14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Test depth: | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Complement: | 94 officers and men |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 Yokosuka E14Y floatplane |
I-19 was a Japanese Type B1 submarine which damaged and destroyed several enemy ships during World War II while serving in the Imperial Japanese Navy. During the Guadalcanal Campaign, with a single torpedo salvo, the submarine sank the aircraft carrier USS Wasp and the destroyer USS O'Brien, and damaged the battleship USS North Carolina.
On February 23, 1942, I-19's Yokosuka E14Y (Glen) floatplane made a night reconnaissance over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in preparation for Operation K-1, the second attack on Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy. On March 4, she arrived at the French Frigate Shoals to serve as a radio beacon for the Kawanishi H8K (Emily) flying boats that were to attack Pearl Harbor but did not otherwise participate in the attack, which was carried out effectually by two of the planned five H8Ks.
On September 15, 1942, while patrolling south of the Solomon Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign under the command of Commander Narahara Shogo,I-19 sighted and attacked the U.S. carrier Wasp, firing six torpedoes.
Captain Tameichi Hara claims to have received word while anchored at Chuuk to the effect that Lt Cmdr Takaichi Kinashi was skipper of I-19.
Three of the torpedoes hit USS Wasp, causing heavy damage. With power knocked out due to damage from the torpedo explosions, USS Wasp’s damage-control teams were unable to contain the ensuing fires, she was abandoned and scuttled.
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