I.J.N. Submarines

22 January 1942, the U.N. submarine I-164 under command of

Kapitanleutnant Tsunayashi Ogawa, sank the 4,482 ton Netherlands steamer VAN OVERSTRATEN with torpedoes and deck gun, at 01 degrees 40'N x 90 degrees 13'E.

28 January 1942, I-164 damaged the small 391 ton British steamer IDAR with deck gun at 10 degrees 12'N x 80 degrees 13'E.

29 January 1942, I-64 sank the 5,049 ton American steamer SS FLORENCE LUCKENRACH at 12 degrees 55'N x 80 degrees 33'E. This ship, built 1920, was carrying 3,500 tons of general cargo and 3,400 manganese ore, making 10 knots at the time of the attack. She was unarmed. I-164 was in a position between the ship and the sun, and so no one aboard was able to spot the submarine until after the torpedo hit portside at the #1 hold. Within ten minutes, the eight officers and thirty men had abandoned ship into one lifeboat. Due to the nature of her cargo, the ship sank by the head very quickly. Nine hours later, the lifeboat reached Madras and all hands survived.

30 January 1942, I-164 sank the 2,498 ton Indian JALA TARANG with torpedoes and deck gun at 12 degrees 59'N x 81 degrees 00' E. Ogawa reported this ship as being 7,000 tons.

31 January 1942, I-164 sank the 4,215 ton Indian JALAPALAKA with torpedoes and deck gun at 13 degrees 00' N x 81 degrees 08'E. Ogawa also reported this ship as 7,000 tons.

13 March 1942, I-164 sank the small 1,513 ton Norwegian steamer MABELIA with torpedoes and deck gun at 14 degrees 00'N x 81 degrees 47'E. Ogawa reported this ship as being 5,000 tons.

Nothing more is recorded about Ogawa or I-164.

Italian Submarines

5 October 1940, the Italian submarine NANI under command of CC Gioacchino Polizzi, sank the 356 ton British ASW trawler KINGSTON SAPPHIRE west of Gibraltar.

27 October 1940, NANI, still under Polizzi, sank the 1,583 ton Swedish steamer MEGGIE 60 miles east of the Azores.

These were the only attacks initiated by either NANI or Polizzi in World War II. NANI was sunk on 7 January 1941 by the Royal Navy HMS ANEMONE at 60 degrees 15'N x 15 degrees 27'W.