The Balao class is an improved version of the Gato class, the first boat USS Balao entered service on February 4, 1943, due to its excellent design once planned to build 182 submarines, eventually 120, but still the largest submarine in the history of the U.S. military, with the 60s and 70s of the submarines gradually removed from the U.S. military sequence, Some submarines were handed over to the navies of other countries in various ways, including Turkey, Italy, Argentina, the Netherlands, Spain, Chile, Greece, Venezuela and other countries, and the submarines of this class are still in active service today.
As a first-class outstanding submarine, it inflicted heavy damage on the Japanese Navy during World War II, among which the Sakai fish sank the carrier Shinano with a full load displacement of 71,890 tons in 1944, which is still the largest record for sinking a warship in the history of submarine warfare, and the Thorntail Seabream has created an impressive record of 33 sinking and winning 116454 tons of battle results.
cruiser
The Japanese Navy light cruiser Agano, the first light cruiser of the Agano class, with a full load displacement of 8500 tons, entered service on October 31, 1942, and was sunk the next day by the submarine USS Skate in the waters off Truk Island on February 16, 1944, and only more than 50 people were killed at the time, although most of the officers and men were rescued by the destroyer Chasing Wind and the submarine hunting ship No. 28, but the Chaser also suffered an air raid and sank. 467 officers and men of the Agano, including Captain Masamune Matsuda, were killed; The rays were decommissioned on 11 December 1946 and sunk as a target ship on 5 October 1948.
The Japanese Navy's Isuzu light cruiser, the second light cruiser of the Nagara class, with a full load displacement of 5500 tons, entered service on August 15, 1923, and was sunk on April 7, 1945 by a combined attack by the red dot salmon submarine (USS Charr) and the UsS Gabilan (Catshark class) in the waters off Sumbawa Island, and due to the timely evacuation, the officers and men of the ship were not killed, but 190 officers and men of the Japanese Army's 46th Division were killed on the ship; The Red Dot Salmon submarine was decommissioned on 28 August 1969 and dismantled on 17 August 1972.
The Japanese Navy's light cruiser Natori, the third ship of the Nagara class light cruiser with a full load displacement of 5,500 tons, entered service on September 15, 1922, and sank on August 18, 1944 in the waters off Samar Island by the USS Hardhead (also translated as molar), killing more than 500 officers and men, including Kubota Tomoku Navy Daisa; The bream submarine was transferred to the Hellenic Navy at the same time as it was decommissioned on 26 July 1972 and was renamed Papanikolis for service until its decommissioning in 1993.
The Japanese Navy light cruiser Tama, the second light cruiser of the Ball Mill class, with a full load displacement of 5832 tons, entered service on January 29, 1921, and sank on October 25, 1944 in the waters off Luzon by the USS Jallao submarine, killing more than 588 officers and men, including Yamamoto Iwata Navy Daisa; The White-Spondyl bass was transferred to the Spanish Navy at the same time as it was decommissioned on 24 June 1974 and was renamed Narcis Monturiol until its decommissioning in 1984.
The Japanese Navy's light cruiser Ryūda, the second ship of the Tenryu class light cruiser, with a full load displacement of 4677 tons, entered service on March 31, 1919, and was attacked by the USS Sand Lance in the waters near Hachijojima Island on March 12, 1944, and sank the next day, and only 26 officers and men were killed due to the evacuation in time; The submarine was transferred to the Brazilian Navy at the same time as it was decommissioned on 7 September 1963 and was renamed Rio Grande do Sul until its decommissioning in 1972.
destroyer
The Japanese Navy destroyer May Rain, the Sixth Destroyer of the Bailu class, with a full load displacement of 2293 tons, entered service on January 29, 1937, ran aground on the reef near Palau on August 18, 1944, and sank in a state of stranding on the 26th of the same month by the uss batfish submarine (USS Batfish, also translated as Echinacea), because it was stranded and offshore so that most of its officers and soldiers were rescued; The Batfish submarine was decommissioned on November 1, 1969, and has been housed as a memorial boat in Muskogee War Memorial Park, Oklahoma, since 1972.
The Destroyer Boun of the Japanese Navy, the seventh destroyer of the Blowing Snow class, with a full load displacement of 2260 tons, entered service on July 26, 1928, and sank in the Sea of Okhotsk on July 7, 1944, under attack by the submarine USS Skate, killing 267 officers and men, including captain Wakasugi Jiichi Navy Minor; The rays were decommissioned on 11 December 1946 and sunk as a target ship on 5 October 1948.
The Japanese Navy destroyer Urafe, the Eleventh destroyer of the Yangyan class, with a full load displacement of 2752 tons, was sunk by the USS Sealion submarine in the Taiwan Strait on November 21, 1944, and 228 officers and men, including the commander of the Seventeenth Destroyer Squadron, Daisaku Tanii, and the captain of the Yokota Hoshi Navy, were killed; The Sea Lion submarine was decommissioned on 20 February 1970 and sunk as a target ship on 8 July 1978.
The Japanese Navy destroyer Shiyu, the second destroyer of the Bailu class, with a full load displacement of 2293 tons, entered service on September 7, 1936, and sank on January 24, 1945 in the waters off the Malay Peninsula by the USS Blackfin submarine, and only 38 officers and men were killed due to the evacuation; The blacktip submarine was decommissioned on 15 September 1972 and sunk as a target ship on 13 May 1973.
aircraft carrier
The Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Condor, converted from the German passenger ship Scharnhorst (purchased in 1942) to an aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of 23,925 tons, entered service on December 15, 1943, and sank on November 17, 1944 in the waters off Jeju Island by the submarine USS Spadefish, including the death of 1,165 soldiers inside the captain Major General Ishii Yune; The Shovel Fish was decommissioned on 3 May 1946 and was decommissioned as a training experimental submarine until 1 April 1967 and dismantled on 17 October 1969.
The Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Uzumaki, the first ship of the Unatsuru class aircraft carrier, with a full load displacement of 21,779 tons, entered service on August 6, 1944, and was sunk by the USS Redfish submarine (USS Redfish) in the waters near Miyako Island on December 19, 1944, killing 1,241 soldiers, including captain Konishi Konishi Navy Daisa; The Redfish submarine was decommissioned on 27 June 1968 and sunk as a target ship on 30 June 1968.
The Japanese Navy's aircraft carrier Shinano, the Yamato-class battleship No. 3, was converted into an aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of 71,890 tons, entered service on November 19, 1944, and sank on November 29, 1944 in the waters off the Kii Peninsula by the USS Archerfish submarine, killing 791 officers and men ,including captain Toshio Abe Navy Daisaku ; The submarine Sheap was decommissioned on 1 May 1968 and sunk as a target ship on 19 October 1968.
battleship
The Japanese Navy battleship Kongo, the first ship of the Kongo class, with a full load displacement of 36,600 tons, entered service on August 16, 1913, and was sunk by the uss sealion submarine (USS Sealion) in the Taiwan Strait on November 21, 1944, killing 1,300 officers and men, including Rear Admiral Yoshio Suzuki, commander of the Third Combat Corps, and Captain Toshio Shimazaki, Navy Daisa; The Sea Lion submarine was decommissioned on 20 February 1970 and sunk as a target ship on 8 July 1978.
Other large auxiliary ships
The Japanese Army Shenzhou Maru, with a standard displacement of 7,100 tons, entered service on December 15, 1934, was adrift after being hit by an air raid off Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on January 3, 1945, and then sank by the USS Aspro submarine, including 33 crew members, 66 gunners, and 283 passengers; The Kinji bass was decommissioned on 1 September 1962 and sunk as a target ship on 16 November 1962.
The Japanese Army transport ship Tsushima Maru, with a standard displacement of 6,754 tons, entered service on 22 February 1915, and sank on 22 August 1944 by the USS Bowfin submarine on its way from Naha to Nagasaki, killing 24 crew members, including Captain Takeo Nishizawa, and 1,484 passengers, as most of the casualties involved were civilians, which led to the later Tsushima Maru Incident; Bowfin was decommissioned on December 1, 1971, and has been housed as a memorial boat in 1981 at the Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Bowfin submarine
The Japanese Navy's supply ship Mamiya, with a standard displacement of 15,820 tons, entered service on 15 July 1924, and sank the next day in the South China Sea on 20 December 1944 by the USS Sealion submarine, killing 278 officers and men, including Captain Saburo Kase saburo; The Sea Lion submarine was decommissioned on 20 February 1970 and sunk as a target ship on 8 July 1978.
The Japanese Army's Sissamaru, with a standard displacement of 10,509 tons, entered service on 6 January 1921 and sank on 12 September 1944 by the USS Pampanito submarine in the South China Sea, killing more than 50 crew members and occupants; The Pomfret was decommissioned on December 15, 1945, and was decommissioned as a training experiment submarine until December 20, 1971, and has been stationed as a memorial boat in San Francisco Marine National Park in San Francisco Bay, California since 1975.
Using the Pomfret submarine
The Japanese Army Awa Maru transport ship, with a standard displacement of 9,082 tons, entered service on March 5, 1943, and sank on April 1, 1945 in the Taiwan Strait by the USS Queenfish submarine, with an estimated death toll of 2,129 (only 1 person was rescued), because most of the casualties involved were civilians and then triggered the later Awa Maru Incident; The Queen Totoaba submarine was decommissioned on 1 March 1963 and sunk as a target ship on 31 October 1969.
The Japanese Navy's Asama Maru transport ship, with a standard displacement of 10,017 tons, entered service on September 15, 1929, and sank on November 1, 1944 by the submarine USS Atule in the Bashi Strait, killing more than 500 people, including Captain Ryozaburo Agawa; The Submarine Was decommissioned on 6 April 1970 and delisted as a training experiment submarine until 15 August 1973, before being transferred to the Peruvian Navy on 31 July 1974 and re-designated Pacocha until it sank in 1988.