I-19 was the number of the submarine, commanded by Toshiro Mifune, in the Steven Spielberg movie, 1941.
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On 25 December 1941, I-19 torpedoed the US freighter Absaroka off of Point Fermin, and the Asaroka was subsequently towed to and beached near Fort MacArthur.
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After sinking one of the ships SS William K. Vanderbilt on May 16, 1943, I-19 surfaced and machine-gunned the surviving crew members in their lifeboats, killing one of them.
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This gun was the weapon used by I-17 to sink SS Emidio and to later shell the Ellwood Oil Field near Santa Barbara, California.
Japanese submarine I-174, a Kaidai class submarine operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy
Japanese submarine I-177, a Kaidai class submarine of the Japanese Imperial Navy
Japanese submarine I-11, a Type A1 submarine of the Japanese Imperial Navy
Japanese submarine I-124, an I-121 class submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Japanese submarine I-13, a Type-AM submarine of the Japanese Imperial Navy
Japanese submarine I-17, a B1 type submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Japanese submarine I-176, a vessel of the former Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Japanese submarine I-24, a Type C1 submarine of the Japanese Imperial Navy
Japanese submarine I-27, a submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy which saw service during the Pacific Campaign of World War II
Japanese submarine I-28, a submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy which saw service during the Pacific Campaign of World War II
Japanese submarine I-30, an Imperial Japanese Navy submarine of the B1 class, during World War II
Japanese submarine I-31, a Type B1 submarine operated during World War II
The Ardent and the frigate Rockford were escorting a six-ship convoy midway between Honolulu and the United States.
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I-12 was sunk by the US minesweeper Ardent and the USCG cutter Rockford on 13 November 1944, 10 days after the sinking of the John A. Johnson, near Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands.
In the evening of 20 June 1942, while patrolling two miles off the coast of British Columbia, I-26 surfaced and shelled the lighthouse and radio-direction-finding (RDF) installation at Estevan Point.
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All five Sullivan brothers died either in the initial explosion or floating in the water awaiting rescue.
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After searching unsuccessfully for the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) following the attack on Pearl Harbor, I-26 patrolled off the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
The sub's commander, Commander Fukumura, had a history of machine-gunning survivors of ships she had sunk, including the Liberty ship SS Sambridge and the Fort Mumford. The submarine torpedoed and sank the Allied steamship SS Khedive Ismail near the Maldives on February 12, 1944, killing 1,297 passengers and crew.
After several attempts to launch, the I-401 set course for its first target, but was stopped by Emperor Hirohito's broadcast, calling for an end to all hostilities on 15 August 1945.
Petty Officer Shoji Okuda, served as an aerial observer in the Imperial Japanese Navy on a floatplane Yokosuka E14Y that was launched from a long-range submarine aircraft carrier, the I-25.
This attack by the Japanese submarine I-17 was the first attack on the United States mainland since the War of 1812.
I-27 was sunk by the British destroyers HMS Paladin and HMS Petard off Addu Atoll on 12 February 1944 after it had sunk the troopship SS Khedive Ismail with the loss of about 1,300 lives.
In 1998, salvager Paul Tidwell and his company Cape Verde Explorations led an expedition to the wreck site of the World War 2 Japanese cargo submarine I-52 in the mid-Atlantic.