And what kind of submarines? I heard there were a few attempted torpedo attacks via submarine, thwarted only by chance.
Let me get my notes together and I’ll answer this for you. Theres a website called j-ships that would have most of the answers. The story of the midget subs is too long and involved to relate here. Some sources state that they never got into the harbor and some say that they did. There’s a lot of confusion on the matter. also please check out:
http://fightnjoe2.proboards3.com/index.cgi
This is a really nifty site about modeling Pearl Harbor
Here you go:
ATTACK FORCE - VAdm Nagumo
Carriers
Akagi
Kaga
Soryu
Hiryu
Zuikaku
Shokaku
SUPPORT FORCE - VAdm Mikawa
Battleships
Hiei
Kirishima
Heavy Cruisers
Tone
Chikuma
SCOUTING FORCE - RAdm Omori
Light Cruiser - flagship of destroyer flotilla
Abukuma CL
Destroyers
Tanikaze
Hamakaze
Urakaze
Kasumi
Arare
Kagero
Shiranuhi
Akigumo
Isokaze or Asakaze ?
Midway Attack (diversionary raid)
Ushio
Akebono or Sazanami ?
SUPPLY FORCE.
Tankers
Kyokuto - flagship
Kyokuyo or Akebono ?
Kenyo
Kokuyo
Shinkoku
Toho
Toei
Nippon
SUBMARINE FORCE
Three fleet reconnaissance: I-19, I-21, I-23.
Five attack submarines with five midget submarines strapped aboard:
I-16 with A, I-18 w/E, I-20 w/D, I-22 w/B, I-24 w/C.
The five midget subs, each capable of penetrating Pearl Harbor
and each firing two torpedoes:
Ha. A, B, C, D, E.
Twenty other subs were stationed in Hawaiian waters.
Squadron 1: I-9, I-15, I-17, I-25.
Squadron 2: I-1, I-2, I-3, I-4, I-5, I-6, I-7.
Squadron 3: I-8, I-68, I-69, I-70, I-71, I-72, I-73, I-74, I-75.
Two others were sent to the West Coast:
I-10 and I-26.
Regards,
Jeff
Many thanks.
Always wanted to put the whole fleet together on one table-sized waterline diorama.
Ya beat me to it Jeff[bow]
I think another good question on this subject would be how many of these vessels were still in service one week after the Battle of Midway???
At our club Christmas Raffle ,I won the only prize I wanted , a slim book called
“Pearl Harbour”,author H.P.Wilmott,publisher Bison Books,and it contained what I always wanted,The Japanese Order Of Battle.It agrees with Jeff Herne ,but shows the Midway Diversion force as USHIO and SAZANAMI , shows the destroyer AZAKAZE not ISOKAZE , and the tanker KYOKUYO not AKEBONO,which were the names he queries.
Hope this helps.
Here’s what became of the ships that attacked Pearl Harbor:
CV Akagi sunk at Midway 5Jun42
CV Kaga sunk at Midway 4Jun42
CV Soryu sunk at Midway 4Jun42
CV Hiryu sunk at Midway 4Jun42
CV Shokaku sunk in Coral Sea 19Jun44 Cavalla (SS-244)
CV Zuikaku sunk on 25Oct44 by planes from USS Essex, Lexington
Battleships
BB Hiei sunk at Guadalcanal 13Nov42
BB Kirishima sunk at Guadalcanal 14Nov42
Cruisers
CA Tone sunk at Kure, 27Jul45
CA Chikuma sunk on 25Oct44 by carrier planes
Destroyers Class
CL Abukuma,Flag sunk on 24Oct44 PT-137,B-24s
DD Akigumo sunk on 11Nov44 Redfin (SS-272)
DD Urakaze sunk on 21Nov44 by Sealion II
DD Isokaze sunk on 7Apr45 w/Yamoto
DD Tanikaze sunk on 9June44 Harder (SS-257)
DD Hamakaze sunk on 7Apr45 w/Yamoto
DD Kagero sunk on 8May43 USMC aircraft
DD Shiranuhi sunk at Surigao,27Oct44 CVE planes
DD Arare sunk on 5July42 Growler (SS-215)
DD Kasumi sunk at Surigao 7Apr45 w/Yamoto
DD Asakaze sunk on 23Aug44 Haddo (SS-255)
Midway Attack
DD Ushio damaged at Surigao, Surrendered
DD Akebono sunk on 13Nov44 CV planes
DD Sazanami sunk on 14Jan44 Albacore (SS-218)
Tankers
Kyokuto sunk on 21Sep44 CV planes
Kenyo sunk on 14Jan44 Guardfish (SS-217)
Kokuyo sunk on14Jan44 Sand Lance (SS-381)
Shinkoku sunk on 17Feb44 CV planes
Toho sunk on 29Mar43 Gudgeon (SS-211)
Toei sunk on 18Jan43?
Nippon sunk on 14Jan44 Scamp (SS-277)
Akebono sunk on 30Mar44 CV planes
Kyokuyo sunk on 13Nov43?
Jeff
I thought so… That’s what is called in a word “Getback”. I will always wonder just what they were thinking? Seldom in the history of our planet has a more stupid act been performed by an educated Country… ( until recently anyway )
“Let’s see… okay I’ll pull that Tigers tail” LOL[:D][:D][:D]
I’ve seen one already. There is a 1/700 scale table diorama of the entire Japanese surface fleet in a display at the Planes of Fame museum in Chino California. I should have shot a pic of it while I was taking the other 150-odd photos from there and the Yanks Air Museum. I may still have taken one; I’ll have to look…