Japanese submarine I-64
sea trials off Kure, Japan, on 30 August 1930.
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History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | I-64 |
Builder | Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan |
Laid down | 28 March 1927 |
Launched | 5 October 1929 |
Completed | 30 August 1930 |
Commissioned | 30 August 1930 |
Decommissioned | 15 November 1939 |
Recommissioned | 15 November 1940 |
Fate | Sunk by USS Triton, 17 May 1942 |
Renamed | I-164, 20 May 1942 |
Stricken | 10 July 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | KD4 Type, Kadai type submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 97.70 m (320 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 4.83 m (15 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion |
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Range | |
Test depth | 60 m (197 ft) |
Complement | 58 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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I-64 was an
Construction and commissioning
Built by the
Service history
Pre-World War II
Upon commissioning, I-64 was attached to the Sasebo Naval District[2][3] and assigned to Submarine Division 29, in which she served until 1942 alongside the submarines I-61 and I-62.[4][3] Submarine Division 29 in turn was assigned to Submarine Squadron 1 in the 1st Fleet, a component of the Combined Fleet, on 1 December 1930.[3] Submarine Division 29 was reassigned to the Sasebo Defense Division in the Sasebo Naval District on 10 November 1932.[3] On 15 November 1933, Submarine Division 29 was reassigned to Submarine Squadron 2 in the 2nd Fleet, also a component of the Combined Fleet.[3]
I-64 departed
Submarine Division 29 had a second assignment to the Sasebo Defense Division in the Sasebo Naval District from 15 November 1935 to 1 December 1936,[3] then again had duty in Submarine Squadron 2 in the 2nd Fleet in the Combined Fleet from 1 December 1936 to 15 December 1938.[3] Submarine Division 29 then served at the submarine school at Kure, Japan, from 15 December 1938 to 15 November 1939,[3][4] when I-64 was placed in the Third Reserve in the Sasebo Naval District.[3] When I-64 was recommissioned on 15 November 1940, Submarine Division 29 was reassigned to Submarine Squadron 5 in the Combined Fleet.[3]
As the Imperial Japanese Navy began to deploy in preparation for the impending
World War II
First war patrol
On 5 December 1941, I-64 departed Samah to begin what would become her first war patrol.
Second war patrol
As a unit of Patrol Group "B," I-64 was among submarines tasked with attacking
At 05:47
At 22:33 on 30 January 1942, I-64 torpedoed the British-Indian 2,498-gross register ton merchant steamer Jalatarang — on a voyage from Cochin, India, to
Third war patrol
On 6 March 1942, I-64 set out from Penang to begin her third war patrol, again targeting Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean.
April–May 1942
On 2 April 1942, I-64 departed Penang bound for Sasebo,
Loss
At 18:03 on 17 May 1942, the United States Navy submarine USS Triton (SS-201) sighted I-64 on the surface in the Pacific Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km; 290 mi) south-southeast of Cape Ashizuri, Shikoku, Japan.[2] At 18:17 Triton fired the last remaining Mark 14 torpedo in her forward torpedo room at I-64 at a range of 6,200 yards (5,670 m).[2] The torpedo struck I-64, the explosion blowing parts of her 100 feet (30 m) into the air.[2] I-64 sank by the stern in two minutes at 29°25′N 134°09′E / 29.417°N 134.150°E.[2] Triton′s crew heard a series of 42 smaller explosions beginning at 18:27.[2] At 18:45, Triton′s commanding officer sighted an estimated 30 survivors clinging to wreckage in the water.[2] Ultimately, none of them were rescued.
Unaware of I-64′s loss, the Imperial Japanese Navy renumbered her I-164 on 20 May 1942.[2] On 25 May 1942, it declared her presumed missing in the Pacific Ocean south of Shikoku with the loss of all 81 hands.[2] She was stricken from the Navy list on 10 July 1942.[2]
Notes
- ^ もしくは10ktで10,000海里(『写真 日本の軍艦 第12巻 潜水艦』p57の表より)(in Japanese)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2016). "IJN Submarine I-164: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "I-164 ex I-64". iijnsubsite.info. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "I-162 ex I-62". iijnsubsite.info. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d I-61 ijnsubsite.com August 24, 2018 Accessed 28 September 2020
- ^ a b I-156 ijnsubsite.com October 15, 2018 Accessed 17 January 2021
- ^ a b I-157 ijnsubsite.com 16 October 2018 Accessed 23 January 2021
- ^ a b I-158 ijnsubsite.com 20 October 2018 Accessed 24 January 2021
- ^ a b "I-165 ex I-65". iijnsubsite.info. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ a b "I-166 ex I-66". iijnsubsite.info. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ a b I-67 ijnsubsite.com September 14, 2018 Accessed 28 September 2020
- ^ a b c I-153 ijnsubsite.com September 19, 2018 Accessed 15 January 2021
- ^ a b c I-154 ijnsubsite.com October 11, 2018 Accessed 15 January 2021
- ^ a b c I-155 ijnsubsite.com June 10, 2018 Accessed 15 January 2021
- ^ a b c I-159 ijnsubsite.com September 1, 2018 Accessed 9 January 2022
- ^ a b c "I-60". iijnsubsite.info. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "I-63". iijnsubsite.info. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
References
- Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2017). "IJN Submarine I-164: Tabular Record of Movement". combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 31 July 2020.