IJN · SS

I-124

Sunk

Minelaying submarine. Off Darwin she fired a torpedo at Deloraine and missed. The four hunters sank her. Eighty men were lost with her.

Type	Submarine (SS)
Hull	I-124
Fate	Sunk. 20 January 1942 off Darwin. Officially credited to Edsall, Deloraine, Katoomba, and Lithgow together. Not pinned to one ship.
Command	Kishigami, Koichi Captain from 31 January 1941; In command when she was lost, 20 January 1942

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

Japanese submarine I-124 underway, January 1929. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

KKKishigami, KoichiCaptain from 31 January 1941In command when she was lost, 20 January 1942

Sinking of I-124

1942-01-20 · sunk

Afloat

DeloraineCOR · J232 · RAN

Photos and info Sinking of I-124

Sunk

EdsallDD · DD-219 · USN

Photos and info Sinking of I-124 The loss of Edsall

Afloat

KatoombaCOR · J204 · RAN

Photos and info Sinking of I-124

Afloat

LithgowCOR · J206 · RAN

Photos and info Sinking of I-124

Shot and shell

Taken · sunkfrom Edsall, Deloraine, Katoomba, and Lithgow
The four ships are officially credited together. Deloraine made the first attack, after a torpedo from I-124 missed her. Not pinned to one ship.