In this section, we cover actions of some of the submarines of the Italian Navy and the I.J.N. Any additional information is welcome.

ITALIAN BOATS

15 October, 1940 the Italian sub CAPPELLINI under command of C.C. Salvatore Todaro sank the 5,186 ton Belgian steamer KABALO by gunfire;

5 January, 1941 still under Todaro, CAPPELLINI sank the 5,965 ton British steamer EMPIRE THUNDER by gunfire;

14 January, 1941 still under Todaro, CAPPELLINI sank the 7,472 ton British steamer EUMAEUS with torpedo and gunfire;

21 April, 1941 CAPPELLINI under Todaro fired three torpedoes at two big liners which were escorted by three destroyers. One explosion was heard, but no confirmation;

2 December, 1941, now under command of FRANCO LENZI (1049-+-1989) CAPPELLINI fired at the Brazil steamer MIGUEL de LARRINAGA, which was identified by B-Dienst. They reported two hits, but no confirmation;

19 May, 1942, now under T.V. Marco Revedin, CAPPELLINI sank the 5,747 ton Swedish motorship TISNAREN with torpedo and gunfire;

31 May, 1941 CAPPELLINI, still under Revedin, sank the 8,214 ton British steam tanker DINSDALE.

JAPANESE BOATS

23 December, 1941 the I.J.N. submarine I-19 under command of K. K. S. Narahara attacked the 10,763 ton American steam tanker H. M. STOREY with deck gun, damaging the ship;

25 December, 1941 still under Narahara, I-19 attacked the 5,695 ton American steamer ABSAROKA with torpedoes, damaging the ship;

15 September, 1942 I-19, now under command of KL Takaichi Kinashi, fired a spread which was the most successful spread of torpedoes ever fired by a submarine up to that time. They fired four torpedoes at the USS WASP task group. Two of the torpedoes hit and sank 14,700 ton USS WASP while the other two (long-range, long-lance) torpedoes completely missed all the ships in the WASP task group and found another task group on the horizon. One torpedo hit and damaged (slightly) the 35,000 ton battleship USS NORTH CAROLINA (BB 55) and the other hitting the 1,570 ton destroyer USS O’BRIEN causing major damage. While O’BRIEN was only damaged in the attack and received patch-up repairs in Samoa, she succumbed to these damages and sank during her transfer to the United States;

30 April, 1943, still under Kinashi, I-19 sank the 7,176 ton American Liberty Ship PHOEBE A. HEARST;

2 May, 1943 I-19, under Kinashi, damaged the 7,181 American steamer WILLIAM WILLIAMS with torpedo;

16 May, 1943 under Kinashi, I-19 sank the 7,181 American steamer WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT;

13 August, 1943 while still under Kinashi, I-19 torpedoed the 7,176 ton American Liberty Ship M. H. de YOUNG. Even though the ship was damaged in the attack, she was towed into port but was declared a total loss.