This website is an attempt to give information about the IJN Submarine Service from its inception on the 13/01/1905 until its demise at the end of WWII. Since this is a monumental task which may never be completed due to the loss of many of the records and the lack of information about the fate of many submarines I beg your indulgence with my effort and any omissions or mistakes I may have made. I will update the site as and when I obtain additional information.
This site is a purely statistical compilation of data. It does not glorify, condone or justify war in any way, shape or form.
Credits:
I would like to express my gratitude to Mr.Bob Hackett (USA);Mr.Sander
Kingsep(Estonia);Mr.Jean-Francois Masson(Canada);Mr.Andrew Obulski(Poland);Aki-San(Japan);Mr.Matthew
Jones(USA) as well as the contributors to a number of fora too numerous
to name.
Last Update:23/06/2009= added Subtender Okinoshima(1)
02/07/2009=updated Sub.Div.9; added Temporary Submarine Boat Division,
03/07/2009=updated Sub.Div.11;Sub.Div.12;