IJN · SS
AfloatKaidai cruiser submarine, the 1925 boat. Yokosuka. Commissioned as I-58 on 15 May 1928 and renumbered I-158 on 20 May 1942. She sighted Force Z and missed. She did not sink Prince of Wales or Repulse, and she did not sink Yorktown. On the Midway patrol line she made no attack. Mochitsura Hashimoto had her from 16 March to 25 July 1943 as a training boat. Scuttled off the Goto Islands on 1 April 1946.
| Type | Submarine (SS) |
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| Hull | I-158 |
| Builder | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal |
| Launched | 1925-10-03 |
| Commissioned | 1928-05-15 |
| Fate | Afloat. Completed on 15 May 1928 as I-58 and renumbered I-158 on 20 May 1942. This is not the 1944 I-58 that sank Indianapolis. Surrendered at Kure on 2 September 1945. Struck 30 November 1945. Scuttled off the Goto Islands on 1 April 1946, at 32°37′N, 129°17′E. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The boat as I-58, before the May 1942 renumbering to I-158. The characters on the conning tower are I-58. This is not the later I-58 of 1944. Photograph in the Japanese Navy Association book of warship pictures. Public domain.
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Command
Hashimoto, MochitsuraCaptain from 16 March 1943Relieved on 25 July 1943One officer list dates the same tour 15 March to 24 JulyYTTakeuchi, YoshitakaCaptain from 25 July 1943SMMasuzawa, SeijiCaptain from 30 April 1944Relieved on 14 October 1944YGGo, YasuoCaptain from 14 October 1944Relieved on 5 February 1945TTTateyama, TakehiroCaptain from 5 February 1945In command at the surrenderLoss of Prince of Wales and Repulse
1941-12-10 · As I-58, sighted Force Z before dawn on 10 December 1941. Her torpedoes missed. She reported the ships. Aircraft sank Prince of Wales and Repulse that afternoon. She did not.
Battle of Midway
1942-06-04 · On the submarine patrol line east of Midway from 26 May 1942. Back at Kwajalein on 19 June. She made no attack. Not the boat that sank Yorktown.
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