IJN · SS
I-21
Photos and infoType B submarine. On 7 December 1941 she was on the patrol line off Oahu and did not enter the harbor. She is missing after 27 November 1943 near Tarawa. A plane from Chenango is often credited with her loss on 29 November, and that identification is not certain.
| Type | Submarine (SS) |
|---|---|
| Hull | I-21 |
| Fate | Sunk. Type B submarine. On the patrol line off Oahu on 7 December 1941 and did not enter the harbor. Missing after 27 November 1943 near Tarawa. A plane from the escort carrier Chenango reported a submarine in that area on 29 November. That report is the usual identification, and it is not certain. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
No photograph of I-21 was found. A file titled Japanese Submarine I-21 shows a bow painted 3, and the 1930 photograph is the minelayer later numbered I-121. This is the photograph of I-19, a Type B submarine of the same class. It is not this boat. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941-12-07 · on the patrol line off Oahu; did not enter the harbor
