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| IJN Type A1 submarine 2,966 tons (surfaced) 4,195 tons (submerged) 373' x 31' 2" x 17' 5" 6 x bow torpedo tubes 1 x 14cm deck gun 2 x Twin 25mm AA guns 1 x E14Y seaplane 1 x catapult |
Sub History Built by Kure Naval Arsenal at Kobe. Laid down January 25, 1938 as a Type A1 submarine. Launched May 20, 1939 as I-9. Commissioned February 13, 1941 in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) under the command of Cdr Toyojiro Oyama attached to the Yokosuka Naval District. PARTIAL HISTORY On November 21, 1941 departs Yokosuka with Rear Admiral Tsutomu Sato embarked with I-15, I-17 and I-25 and proceeds across the Pacific bound for Hawaii. On December 2, 1941 the coded signal "Niitakayama nobore 1208" is received signifying hostilities will commence and continues to toward Oahu. Wartime History On December 7, 1941 patrols north of Oahu with orders to perform a reconnaissance and attack any ships that try to sortie from Pearl Harbor. On December 9, 1941 spots a aircraft carrier and two cruisers off Oahu headed east-northeast and is ordered to attack and departs at flank speed in pursuit. On December 11, 1941 roughly 700 miles northeast of Oahu. At 1:40pm surfaces off the starboard quarter of SS Lahaina and fires a warning shot and the crew transmit and S.O.S. signal and abandons ship into a lifeboat. The submarine fires 25 shells scoring 12 hits (8 starboard and 4 port) and causes a fire in the superstructure. Damaged, the ship remains afloat and the submarine departs. The next morning, the crew attempt to reboard the damaged ship but found fires and flooding were out of control and after an explosion the ship capsized to port and sank. On December 13, 1941 ordered to shell targets on the west coast of the United States with Rear Admiral Sato aboard I-9 charged with executing the order. On December 19, 1941 arrives off Cape Blanco in Oregon and patrols. On December 22, 1941 departs bound for the Guadalupe Island area. On December 27, 1941 the shelling is cancelled and the submarines return due to fuel. On January 1, 1942 arrives Kwajalein ending her first war patrol. PARTIAL HISTORY On June 10, 1943 departs Paramushiro bound for Kiska on her second supply run to evacuate personnel from the midget submarine base. Afterwards, no messages are received from the submarine. Sinking History On June 13, 1943 operating roughly 15 miles east of Sirius Point on Kiska. At 5:58pm USS Frazier makes radar contact in dense fog with surfaced I-9 at 6,900 yards. The destroyer closes at 20 knots and made sonar contact and one of her lookouts spotted the submarine's periscope at 8:09pm and opened fire scoring hits on the periscope and made a depth charge attack and afterwards observes air bubbles, oil and debris rising to the surface and makes two more depth charge attacks. I-9 was sunk with all hands northwest of Kiska at roughly Lat 52°08′N Long 177°03′E. On June 15, 1943 presumed lost with all hands off Kiska. On August 1, 1943 officially removed from the Navy list. References Combined Fleet - IJN Submarine I-9: Tabular Record of Movement Contribute
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