Submarines in the Pacific
List of submarines, midget submarines and cargo containers
 Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)
Fleet Submarines
I-1 sunk January 29, 1943 off Kamimbo Bay, Guadalcanal
I-3 sunk December 9, 1942 off Kamimbo Bay, Guadalcanal
I-10 sunk July 4, 1944
I-14 sunk May 28, 1946 off Barber's Point on Oahu
I-15 sunk November 10, 1942
I-16 sunk May 19, 1944
I-17 sunk August 19, 1943
I-18 sunk February 11, 1943 *
I-19 sunk November 25, 1943 by USS Radford
I-20 presumed lost November 18, 1943 off Espiritu Santo
I-21 probably sunk November 29, 1943 off Gilbert Islands **
I-22 missing December 12, 1942
I-24 sunk June 11, 1943 off Shemya Island
I-25 likely sunk August 25, 1942
I-27 **
I-36 scuttled April 1, 1946 off Goto Island
I-46 sunk November 1944 **
I-47 scuttled April 1, 1945 off Goto Island
I-52 sunk June 24, 1944 roughly 1,200 miles west of the Cape Verde islands
I-58 scuttled April 1, 1945 off Goto Island
I-60 sunk January 17, 1942
I-70 sunk December 10, 1944 north of Hawaii
I-169 "Shinohara" (I-69) sunk April 4, 1944
I-121 scuttled April 30, 1946 wreckage found July 2018
I-177 sunk October 3, 1944 *
I-178 sunk June 18, 1943 *
I-180 sunk April 16, 1944
I-181 sunk March 1, 1944
I-201 sunk May 23, 1946 off Barber's Point on Oahu
I-400 sunk June 4, 1946 off Barber's Point on Oahu
I-401 sunk May 31, 1946 off Barber's Point on Oahu
I-402 scuttled April 1, 1945 off Goto Island
I-403 never completed, likely scrapped
I-404 scrapped postwar
I-501 (U-181) scuttled February 12, 1946
I-502 (U-862) scuttled February 13, 1946 [ details ]
RO-33 sunk August 29, 1942 at Kiska Harbor
RO-50 sunk April 1, 1946 off Kinai Island / Goto Island
RO 60 grounded December 9, 1941
RO-65 sunk September 28, 1942
RO-100 sunk November 24, 1943
RO-101 sunk September 15 , 1943
RO-106 **
RO-109 sunk April 25, 1945 off Okinawa
RO-500 (U-511) scuttled April 30, 1946 wreckage found 2018
I-123 (SS-50) sunk August 29, 1942
I-124 sunk January 21, 1942 off Darwin
Type A Midget Submarines
HA-8 Type A midget submarine scuttled December 3, 1942 off Guadalcanal
HA-10 Type A midget submarine missing November 28, 1942 off Guadalcanal
HA-11 Type A midget submarine scuttled November 7, 1942 off Cape Esperence, salvaged 1944
HA-14 Type A midget submarine (M27) scuttled May 31, 1942 Sydney Harbor salvaged displayed AWM
HA-16 Type A midget submarine (Midget E) sunk December 7, 1941 discovered 2009
HA-16 Type A midget submarine missing May 30, 1942 off Diego-Suarez on Madagascar, one crew washed ashore
HA-18 Type A midget submarine (Midget D) sunk December 7, 1941 salvaged 1960 displayed Eta Jima
HA-19 Type A midget submarine (Midget C) grounded December 7, 1941 displayed National Museum of the Pacific War
HA-20 Type A midget submarine (Midget A) sunk December 7, 1941 by USS Ward discovered August 28, 2002 by HURL
HA-20b Type A midget submarine beached May 30, 1942 on Madagascar crew killed
HA-21 Type A midget submarine (M22) sunk June 1, 1942 salvaged displayed AWM and RAN Heritage Centre
HA-22 Type A midget submarine scuttled off Cape Esperence on Guadlacanal
HA-22 Type A midget submarine (Midget B) sunk December 7, 1941 salvaged and buried at USN Submarine Base at
Pearl Harbor
HA-24 Type A midget submarine (M24) sunk June 1, 1942 Sydney Harbor discovered November 12, 2006
HA-30 Type A midget submarine scuttled November 11, 1942 off Guadalcanal
HA-37 Type A midget submarine scuttled November 19, 1942 off Guadalcanal
Type A midget submarine (Cape Esperence 1943) salvaged July 17, 1943 transported to United States
Type A midget submarine (Cape Esperence 1944) salvaged 1944 ultimate fate unknown
Type A midget submarine (Cape Esperence 1945) salvaged 1945 ultimate fate unknown
Type A midget submarine (Submarine Force Museum) salvaged from Guadalcanal displayed at Submarine Force Museum
Type A midget submarine (Kiska No. 1) abandoned July 23, 1943 at Kiska
Type A midget submarine (Kiska No. 2) abandoned July 23, 1943 at Kiska
Type A midget submarine (Kiska No. 3) abandoned July 23, 1943 at Kiska
Type A midget submarine (Composite) complete made from bow of M22 and center/stern of M27 at Australian War Memorial (AWM)
Type B Midget Submarines
HA-52 Type B midget submarine sunk February 16, 1944 off New Hanover
HA-53 Type B Midget Submarine discovered 2011 in Simpson Harbour
Type D Koryu Midget Submarines
Type D Kairyu Midget submarine displayed at Yamato Museum
Unpoto / Oogata Unkato
Unpoto (Cannon Carrier, Cannon Sled) used to land cargo in New Guinea and the Solomons
Oogata Unkato No. 1 (Large Type Cargo Transporting Tube No. 1) abandoned near Kokopo, used as water carrier postwar
 Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy)
HNLMS K-sIX washed ashore June 8, 1945 scrapped
HNLMS Zwaardvisch (P322, Zwaardvisch) scrapped 1963
 Kriegsmarine (German Navy)
UIT-23 (Reginaldo Giuliani) sunk February 14, 1944 [ details ]
U-168 sunk October 6, 1944 by a torpedo fired by Dutch submarine HrMs Zwaardvisch (P 322)
U-181 (I-501) surrendered, scuttled February 12, 1946
U-183 sunk April 23, 1945 by a torpedo fired by USS Besugo SS-321
U-196 sunk December 1, 1944 (?) [ details ]
U-511 (RO-500) scuttled April 30, 1946
U-537 sunk November 9, 1944 [ details ]
U-859 sunk September 23, 1944 [ details ]
U-862 (I-502) surrendered, scuttled February 15, 1946
 Royal Navy (RN)
HMS Taciturn (P314) scrapped August 1971
HMS Thorough (P324) scrapped June 1962
Royal Australian Navy (RAN)
HMAS AE1 missing September 14, 1914
HMAS AE2 scuttled April 30, 1915
 Soviet Union (USSR)
L-15 ultimate fate unknown
L-16 sunk October 11, 1942 by I-25
L-19 sunk August 24, 1945 cause unknown, possibly impacted mine
 United States Navy (USN)
Fleet Submarines
SS-144 (S-39) grounded August 14 1942 and abandoned
USS Argonaut SS-166 (SM-1/SF-7/SS-166/APS-1) sunk by enemy attack January 10, 1943
SS-144 (S-39) grounded August 14, 1942 abandoned crew rescued
USS Argonaut SS-166 sunk January 10, 1943
USS Porpoise SS-172 scrapped 1957
USS Shark SS-174 likely sunk February 11, 1942
USS Perch SS-176 sunk March 3, 1942 off Surabaya
USS Plunger SS-179 scrapped April 22, 1957
USS Sculpin SS-191 scuttled November 19, 1943 off Truk
USS Seawolf SS-197 sunk by friendly fire October 4, 1944
USS Gudgeon SS-211 sunk April 18, 1944
USS Grampus SS-207 sunk February 18 or March 5, 1943 in the central Solomons
USS Grayback SS-208 sunk February 27, 1944
USS Grenadier SS-210 scuttled April 22, 1943
USS Gato SS-212 scrapped 1961
USS Grouper SS-214 scrapped August 11, 1970
USS Grunion SS-216 sunk July 31, 1942
USS Albacore SS-218 likely sunk November 7, 1944 **
USS Amberjack SS-219 sunk February 16, 1943
USS Bonefish SS-223
USS Corvina SS-226 sunk November 16, 1943
USS Finback SS-230 scrapped July 15, 1959
USS Herring SS-233 sunk June 1, 1944 by off Matsuwa in the Kurlie Islands
USS Cod SS-224
USS Wahoo SS-238 sunk October 11, 1943 off La Perouse Strait
USS Gurnard SS-254
USS Hoe SS-258 scrapped September 10, 1960
USS Peto SS-265 scrapped November 29, 1960
USS Rasher SS-269 sunk August 18, 1944 off Cap Bolinao, Luzon
USS Robalo SS-273 sunk July 26, 1944 off Palawan
USS Tinosa SS-283 sunk as a target November 1960
USS Bowfin SS-287 displayed Pearl Harbor at USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park
USS Cabrilla SS-288 scrapped April 18, 1972
USS Lionfish SS-298 displayed at Battleship Cove
USS Tilefish SS-307
USS Apogon SS-308 sunk July 25, 1946 off Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb "Baker"
USS Aspro SS-309 sunk November 16, 1962 off San Diego, CA
USS Burrfish SS-312 (SSR-312, HMCS Grilse SS-71) sunk November 19, 1969 off San Clemente Island, CA
USS Becuna SS-319 (AGSS-319) displayed Independence Seaport Museum at Philadelphia, PA
USS Chub SS-329
USS Bullhead SS-332 sunk
August 6, 1945
USS Golet SS-361 sunk June 14, 1944
USS Kete SS-369 sunk March 20, 1945
USS Lagarto SS 371 sunk May 4, 1945 in Gulf of Thailand off Malaysia
USS Pampanito SS-383 displayed at Fisherman's Wharf operated by San Francisco Maritime Park Association
USS Plaice SS-390 (Bahia S-12) scrapped 1973 in Brazil
USS Nautilus SSN 571 displayed at Submarine Force Library & Museum
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