I.J.N. Submarines

9 January 1942, the I.J.N. submarine I-165 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hakue Harada, attacked an unidentified tanker in the Java Sea using two torpedoes and 28 rounds of 100mm from her deck gun. The ship was set on fire, but escaped.

9 September 1942, I-165 (Harada) sank the 1,003 ton Netherlands steamer BENKOELEN with torpedo and deck gunfire at 04º 50’S x 112º 20’E. Harada reported that this ship was 5,000 tons.

15 January 1942, I-165 (Harada) sank the 5,102 ton Indian steamer JALARAJAN with torpedo and deck gun fire at 00º 12’S x 97º 00’E. Harada reported that this ship was 8,000 tons.

9 February 1942, I-165 (Harada) sank the 2,464 ton Netherlands steamer MEROENDOENG at 05º 30N x 81º 10’E.

15 Feb. 1942, I-165 (Harada) sank the 4,681 ton British steamer JOHANNE JUSTENSEN at 09º 04’N x 75º 58’E.

20 February 1942, I-165 (Harada) sank the 5,280 ton British motor ship BHIMA at 07º 47’N x 73º 31’E.

25 August 1942, I-165, now under command of Kapitänleutnant K. Torisu, sank the 5,237 ton British steamer HARMONIDES at 01º 47’N x 77º 27’E.

24 August 1942, I-165 (Torisu) sank the American steamer LOSMAR at 07º 40’N x 74º 15’E. Built in 1919, this old steamer was owned by Calmar SS Corp and operated by American Export Lines. Under her Master Valdemar Farrell, she was armed with one 4 inch deck gun plus four 20mm automatic AA guns and four .30 cal. machine guns. Under her cargo of 23 tons of salt ballast, she drew 23 feet and was making 9½ knots when attacked. She was en route from Aden to Calcutta via Colombo, when the lookouts spotted the wake of a torpedo. There was only time for the helmsman to put the wheel hard over when it hit aft of the bridge. The explosion blew off all the hatch covers, bucked the deck, and caused the ship to sink by the stern in just two minutes. There was no time to secure the engines and with the ship still making headway as she sank quickly, there was no chance to lower the boats. Three officers, nine men and nine Armed Guards swam to two rafts, which they lashed together with floating timbers to make one large raft. They took what supplies they could from other rafts floating nearby. They remained together for six days, then on 30 September, they decided to separate the two rafts and head out on their own. The Master’s raft with six other men, landed on the west coast of Ceylon twenty-three days after the attack. On 5 October, the British ship SS LOUISE MOLLER found the other raft with fourteen men aboard and landed them in Aden.

25 August 1942, I-165 (Torisu) reported one transport sunk by torpedo. There was no confirmation.

12 January 1943, I-165 (Torisu) reported one transport damaged by gunfire. There was no confirmation.

16 January 1944, I-165, now under command of Kapitänleutnant T. Shimizu, sank the 10,286 ton British steamer PERSEUS at 12º 00’N x 80º 14’E.

18 March 1944, I-165 (Shimizu) sank 3,916 ton British steamer NANCY MOELLER at 02º 14’N x 78º 25’E.

I-165 was a very successful Japanese submarine. Under her next Skipper, Kapitänleutnant Yasushi Ono, she was sunk on 27 June 1945 by aircraft of VPB-142 at 15º 28’N x 153º 39’E.

Italian Submarines

13 December 1940, the Italian submarine NEGHELLI under the command of CC Carlo Ferracuti, damaged the 4,290 ton British steamer COVENTRY with torpedoes.

19 January 1941, NEGHELLI (Ferracuti) damaged the 7,264 ton British steamer CLAN CUMMING with torpedoes.

NEGHELLI did not return from this mission. She was lost in the Aegean Sea sometime in January from unknown causes.