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Imperial Japanese Navy
RO-Boats
(2nd Class Submarines)
In cooperation with Jeff Donahoo
The format for names is Japanese style: rank; last name, first name; Japanese name in Kaji;
(and in brackets the officer's graduating class of the Naval Academy at Etajima, if applicable).
(M) Behind the name indicates a merchant marine (civilian) officer.
Rank as was at the date he took command, whether as supervisor or captain.
If an officer is shown as being in command before the ship was commissioned, he was Chief Equipping Officer, becoming Commanding Officer on the date the ship was commissioned.
Dates are given thus: day.month.year
Commanders marked with * are known to have died.
RO-30  呂30  ロ30  
   Type (Class):  KT (RO-29)  
   Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 1922 Program: 1921
   Laid Down 27.06.1921
   Launched as Submarine No. 69 18.01.1923
   Completed: 29.04.1924
   Renamed RO-30 01.11.1924
   Service:  
     Sasebo ND 29.04.24–01.06.24
     SubDiv 25, Mako Defence Div., Sasebo ND 01.06.24–01.12.26
     SubDiv 25, Sasebo Defence Div., Sasebo ND 01.12.26–15.11.34
     SubDiv 25, Sasebo ND (training submarine) 15.11.34–15.12.38
     SubDiv 25, 4th Reserve, Sasebo ND 15.12.38–01.04.42
Fate:  Became a stationery training hulk at the Otake Submarine School as of 01.04.42. Broken up 08.45.
   Removed from Navy List: 01.04.1942
   Commanding Officers:  
     Lt Yoshitomi Setsuzo (39)吉富説三01.02.23–01.12.25
     ?    ?
     LtCdr Yamada Takashi (49)山田 隆01.12.31–20.03.34
     Lt Emi Tetsushiro (50)
         Lt Emi commanded RO-31 simulaneously.
江見哲四郎20.03.34–01.11.34
     ?    01.11.34–?
No commander appointed 01.04.38–01.04.42
RO-31  呂31  ロ31  
   Type (Class):  KT (RO-29)  
   Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 1922 Program: 1921
   Laid Down 25.09.1921
   Launched as Submarine No. 70: 15.02.1923
Fate:  Swamped by a passing boat and sank due to open hatch 21.08.23 during trails before completion off Awaji Island, Osaka Bay Kobe; Japan. 88 dead; 5 saved.
   Salvaged: 11.1924
   Launched for the second time as RO-31: 25.09.1926
   Completed: 10.05.1927
   Service:  
     Sasebo ND 25.09.26–15.11.34
     SubDiv.25, Sasebo ND 15.11.34–15.12.38
     SubDiv.25, 4th Reserve, Sasebo ND 15.12.38–09.02.42
     Kure ND 09.02.42–14.07.42
     Yokosuka ND 14.07.42–15.01.43
     Kure ND 15.01.43–31.01.44
     4th Reserve, Kure ND 31.01.44–25.05.45
Fate:  02.09.45 surrendered at Sasebo. Scuttled 05.04.46 at Sasebo.
   Removed from Navy List 25.05.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     *LtCdr Kamihayashi Kiyoshi (34) 1923–21.08.23
     ?    25.09.26–05.11.26
     LtCdr Yoshitomi Setsuzo (39) 05.11.26–10.05.27
     LtCdr Yoshitomi Setsuzo (39) 10.05.27–16.05.28
     LtCdr Nakajima Chihiro (43) 16.05.28–01.11.29
     ?    ?
     Lt Emi Tetsushiro (50) [1]
         Lt Emi commanded RO-30 simulaneously.
江見哲四郎20.03.34–01.11.34
     ?    ?
     Lt Shimose Yoshiro (Kichiro) (58)下瀬吉郎31.01.42–30.06.42
     Lt Hashimoto Mochitsura (59)橋本以行30.06.42–02.43
     ?    02.43–16.03.42
     Lt Nakamura Motoo (62)中村元夫16.03.43–12.06.43
     Lt.Cdr.Kobayashi Hinomoto (0)小林日本12.06.43–01.07.43
     Cdr Kamimoto Nobuo (56)神本信雄01.07.43–31.01.44
     ?    ?
RO-32  呂32  ロ32
   Type (Class):  KT (RO-29)  
   Call Sign: JTFP  
   Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 1922 Program: 1921
   Laid Down: 24.10.1921
   Launched as Submarine No. 71: 19.03.1923
   Completed: 31.05.1924
   Renamed RO-32: 01.11.1924
   Service:  
     SubDiv 25, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 01.12.26–15.11.34
     SubDiv 25, Sasebo ND 15.11.34–15.12.38
     SubDiv 25, 4th Reserve, Kure ND 15.12.38–01.04.42
   Removed from Navy List 01.04.1942
Fate:  Became a stationery training hulk at the Otake Submarine School on 01.04.42. Broken up 08.45.
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Miyoshi Teruhiko (43)三好輝彦01.08.25–01.12.27
     ?    ?
     LtCdr Yamada Takeshi (49)山田 隆06.09.33–20.03.34
     Lt Emi Tetsushiro (50)江見哲四郎20.03.34-01.11.34
     ?    ?
RO-33  呂33  ロ33  
   Type (Class): K5 (RO-33)  
   Call Sign: JTGP  
   Builder: Kure Navy Yard  
   Ordered: 1931
   Laid Down: 08.08.1933
   Launched: 10.10.1934
   Completed: 07.10.1935
   Service:  
     Sasebo ND 07.10.35–31.05.37
     SubDiv 21, Sasebo ND 31.05.37–15.12.38
     SubDiv 21, Combined Fleet 15.12.38–08.04.39
     SubDiv 21, 2nd SubRon, 2ndFleet 08.04.39–15.11.39
     SubDiv 21, 2nd Reserve, Sasebo ND 15.11.39–01.05.40
     SubDiv 21, 5th SubRon, 4th Fleet 01.05.40–15.11.40
     SubDiv 21, 4th SubRon, Combined Fleet 15.11.40–10.03.42
     SubDiv 21, 6th SubRon, Combined Fleet 10.03.42–10.04.42
     SubDiv 21, 7th SubRon, 4th Fleet 10.04.42–14.07.42
     SubDiv 21, 7th SubRon, 8th Fleet 14.07.42–05.10.42
Fate:  Sunk 29.08.42 at 13:05 by HMAS Arunta 10 miles SE of Port Moresby (09°36'S, 147°06'E). 70 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 05.10.1942
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Ishikawa Nobuo (49)石川信雄07.10.35–15.02.36
     LtCdr Ageta Kiyoi (50)揚田清猪15.02.36–20.03.37
     LtCdr Shibuya Tatsuwaka (52)渋谷竜?20.03.37–20.06.37
     LtCdr Ariizumi Tatsunosuke (51)有泉竜之助20.06.37–15.10.39
      = also written Ariizumi Ryunosuke  
     LtCdr Isobe Akira (52)
        = also written Ichikawa Akira
磯部 旦15.10.39–20.03.40
     LtCdr Ohira Masajiro (52)大平政二郎20.03.40–30.10.40
     LtCdr Watanabe Katsuji (55)渡辺勝次30.10.40–31.07.41
     LtCdr Sakamoto Eiichi (57)坂本栄一31.07.41–18.04.42
     *LtCdr Kuriyama Shigeshi (58)栗山重志18.04.42–29.08.42
RO-34  呂34  ロ34  
   Type (Class): K5 (RO-33)  
   Call Sign: JTHP  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered: 1931
   Laid Down: 25.04.1934
   Launched: 12.12.1935
   Completed: 31.05.1937
   Service:  
     SubDiv 21, Sasebo ND 31.05.37–15.12.38
     SubDiv 21, Combined Fleet 15.12.38–08.04.39
     SubDiv 21, 2nd SubRon, 2ndFleet 08.04.39–15.11.39
     SubDiv 21, 2nd Reserve, Sasebo ND 15.11.39–01.05.40
     SubDiv 21, 5th SubRon, 4th Fleet 01.05.40–15.11.40
     SubDiv 21, 4th SubRon, Combined Fleet 15.11.40–10.03.42
     SubDiv 21, SubRon 6, Combined Fleet 10.03.42–10.04.42
     SubDiv 21, 7th SubRon, 4th Fleet 10.04.42–14.07.42
     SubDiv 21, 7th SubRon, 8th Fleet 14.07.42–05.10.42
     7th SubRon, 8th Fleet 05.10.42–24.12.42
     7th SubRon, 8th Fleet, SE Area Fleet 24.12.42–04.03.43
     SubDiv 13, 7th SubRon, 8th Fleet, SE Area Fleet 04.03.43–15.07.43
Fate:  Sunk 05.04.43 at 03:19 by USS O'Bannon (DD-450) 40 miles off Russell Islands (08°15'S, 158°58'E). 66 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 15.07.1943
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Tonozuka Kinzo (50)殿塚謹三31.05.37–15.11.37
     LtCdr Hirokawa Takashi (51)広川 隆15.11.37–19.03.38
     LtCdr Narusawa Sennao (52)
        = also written Narusawa Sunao
成沢千直19.03.38–15.09.38
     LtCdr Asada Shiroku (54)朝田肆六15.09.38–05.11.39
     LtCdr Fukumura Toshiaki (54)福村利明15.11.39–05.11.40
     LtCdr Kinashi Takakazu (51)木梨鷹一05.11.40–30.06.41
     LtCdr Ota Takeshi (55)大田 武01.07.41–05.06.42
     LtCdr Morinaga Masahiko (59)森永正彦05.06.42–30.10.42
      LtCdr Doi Mareshige (60)土居誉重30.10.19–30.03.43
     *LtCdr Tomita Rikichi (61)富田理吉30.03.42–05.04.43
RO-35  呂35  ロ35  
   Call Sign:  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 09.10.1941
   Launched: 04.06.1942
   Completed: 31.03.1943
   Service:  
     Kure SubRon, Kure ND 25.03.43–01.04.43
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 01.04.43–20.07.43
     6th Fleet 20.07.43–31.10.43
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 31.10.43–01.12.43
Fate:  Sunk 25.08.43 at 21:53 by USS Patterson (DD-392) 170 miles E of Santa Cruz, Solomons (12°57'S, 164°23'E). 66 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 01.12.1943
   Commanding Officers:  
      *LtCdr Manabe Masateru (60)真鍋正輝05.11.42–25.08.43
RO-36  呂36  ロ36  
   Type (Class): K6 (RO-35)  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 07.03.1942
   Launched: 14.10.1942
   Completed: 27.05.1943
   Service:  
     Maizuru ND 27.05.43–31.05.43
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 31.05.43–20.08.43
     6th Fleet 20.08.43–31.10.43
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 31.10.43–10.08.44
Fate:  Sunk 13.06.44 by USS Melvin (DD-680) 75 miles E of Saipan (15°21'N, 147°00'E). 77 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.08.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
      LtCdr Okada Hideo (61)岡田英雄27.05.43–01.02.44
      *LtCdr Kawashima Tatsuo (64)川島立男01.02.44–13.06.44
RO-37  呂37  ロ37  
   Type (Class): K6 (RO-35)  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 09.10.1941
   Launched: 30.06.1942
   Completed: 30.06.1943
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 30.06.43–16.09.43
     6th Fleet 16.09.43–31.10.43
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 31.10.43–30.04.44
Fate:  Sunk 22.01.44 by USS Buchanan (DD-484) off San Christobal Island (11°47'S, 164°17'E). 61 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 30.04.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
     *LtCdr Sato Sakuma (60)佐藤作馬10.12.43–22.01.44
RO-38  呂38  ロ38  
   Type (Class): K6 (RO-35)  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 20.06.1942
   Launched: 24.12.1942
   Completed: 24.07.1943
   Service:  
     Maituru ND 24.07.43–31.07.43
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 31.07.43–31.10.43
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 31.10.43–30.04.44
Fate:  Sunk 02.01.44 (unknown cause) off Gilbert Islands. 77 died, 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 30.04.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
     *LtCdr Nomura Shunji (60)野村俊治25.05.43–02.01.44
RO-39  呂39  ロ39  
   Type (Class): K6 (RO-35)  
   Builder: Sasebo Navy Yard  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 08.08.1942
   Launched: 06.03.1943
   Completed: 12.09.1943
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 12.09.43–25.11.43
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 25.11.43–25.12.43
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 25.12.43–30.04.44
Fate:  Sunk 02.02.44 by USS Walker (DD-517) off Wotje (09°24'N, 170°32'E). 70 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 30.04.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
     *LtCdr Tategami Rikuta (60)館上陸太31.07.43–02.02.44
RO-40  呂40  ロ40  
   Type (Class): K6 (RO-35)  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 08.08.1942
   Launched: 06.03.1943
   Completed: 28.09.1943
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 28.09.43–25.11.43
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 25.11.43–15.01.44
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 15.01.44–30.04.44
Fate:  Sunk 16.02.44 by USS Phelps (DD-360) 45 miles NW of Kwajalein (09°50'N, 166°35'E). 69 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 30.04.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
      *LtCdr Kudo Yasuo (60)城戸保雄28.09.43–16.02.44
RO-41  呂41  ロ41  
   Type (Class): K6 (RO-35)  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 06.10.1942
   Launched: 05.05.1943
   Completed: 26.11.1943
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 26.11.43–05.03.44
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 05.03.44–25.05.45
Fate:  Sunk 23.03.45 by USS Haggard (DD-555) SE of Okinawa (22°57'N, 132°19'E). 81 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 25.05.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
      LtCdr Sakamoto Kaneyoshi (61)坂本金美25.09.43–05.07.44
      Lt Shiizuka Mitsuo (66)椎塚三夫05.07.44–01.02.45
      *Lt Honda Yoshikuni (67)本多義邦01.02.45–23.03.45
RO-42  呂42  ロ42  
   Type (Class): K6 (RO-35)  
   Builder: Sasebo Navy Yard  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 27.04.1942
   Launched: 25.10.1942
   Completed: 27.08.1943
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 30.09.43–25.11.43
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 25.11.43–30.11.43
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 30.11.43–10.08.44
Fate:  Sunk 11.06.44 by USS Bangust (DE-739) 40 miles E of Roi (10°05'N, 168°22'E). 73 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.08.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Wada Mutsuo (61)和田睦雄25.06.43–14.05.44
     *Lt Kudo Yoshinosuke (66)工藤芳之助14.05.44–11.06.44
RO-43  呂43  ロ43  
   Type (Class): K6 (RO-35)  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 06.10.1942
   Launched: 05.06.1943
   Completed: 16.12.1943
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 16.12.43–10.03.44
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 10.03.44–10.04.45
Fate:  Sunk 26.02.45 at 02:20 by aircraft of VC-82 from USS Anzio (CVE-57) (24°07'N, 140°19'E). 79 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.04.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     Lt Nishimatsu Haruo (60)西松張尾16.12.43–05.05.44
     *Lt Tsukigata Masaki (66)月形正気05.05.44–26.02.45
RO-44  呂44  ロ44  
   Type (Class): K6 (RO-35)  
   Builder: Tamano Heavy Industries, Tamano  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 14.02.1942
   Launched: 11.11.1942
   Completed: 19.09.1943
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 13.09.43–25.11.43
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 25.12.43–25.12.43
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 25.12.43–10.08.44
Fate:  Sunk 16.06.44 by USS Burden R Hastings (DE-19) 110 miles E of Eniwetok (11°13'N, 164°15'E). 72 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.08.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
      LtCdr Hashimoto Mochitsura (59)橋本以行25.07.43–14.05.44
      *LtCdr Uesugi Sadao (65)上杉貞夫14.05.44–16.06.44
RO-45  呂45  ロ45  
   Type (Class): K6 (RO-35)  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 20.10.1942
   Launched: 21.07.1943
   Completed: 11.01.1944
   Service:  
   11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 11.01.44–15.04.44
   SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 15.04.44–10.07.44
Fate:  Sunk 30.04.44 by USS MacDonough (DD-351) 40 miles S of Truk (06°13'N, 151°19'E). 74 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.07.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
      *LtCdr Hamazumi Yoshihisa (61)浜住芳久11.01.44–30.04.44
RO-46  呂46  ロ46  
   Type (Class): K6 (RO-35)  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 13.06.1942
   Launched: 23.04.1943
   Completed: 19.02.1944
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 19.02.44–23.06.44
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 23.06.44–10.06.45
Fate:  Sunk 29.04.45 by aircraft of VC-92 from USS Tulagi (CVE-72) off Okinawa (02°17'S,  149°14'E). 86 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.06.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Suzuki Shokichi (62)鈴木正吉20.01.44–08.12.44
     Lt Tokunaga Masahiko (67)徳永正彦08.12.44–18.03.45
     *LtCdr Kimura Masuo (63)
        = also written Kimura Masao
木村正男18.03.45–29.04.45
RO-47  呂47  ロ47  
   Type (Class): K6 (RO-35)  
   Builder: Tamano Heavy Industries, Tamano  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 28.12.1942
   Launched: 30.08.1943
   Completed: 31.01.1944
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 31.01.44–14.05.44
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 14.05.44–10.03.45
Fate:  Sunk 26.09.44 at 06:15 by USS McCoy Reynolds, (DE-440) NE of Palau (09°19'N, 136°44). 76 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.03.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Nishiuchi Shoichi (60)西内正一20.12.43–31.07.44
     *Lt Ishikawa Nagao (65)石川長男31.07.44–26.09.44
RO-48  呂48  ロ48  
   Type (Class): K6 (RO-35)  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 17.03.1942
   Launched: 15.10.1943
   Completed: 31.03.1944
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 31.03.44–03.07.44
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 03.07.44–10.10.44
Fate:  Sunk 14.07.44 by USS Wyman (DE-38) 300 miles E of Saipan (13°01'N, 151°58'E). 76 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.10.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
     *LtCdr Ichitomi Kiyota (63)一冨清太31.03.44–14.07.44
RO-49  呂49  ロ49  
   Type (Class): K6 (RO-35)  
   Builder: Tamano Heavy Industries, Tamano  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 16.11.1942
   Launched: 03.08.1943
   Completed: 19.05.1944
   Service:  
     SubDiv 33, Kure SubRon, Kure ND 19.05.44–15.08.44
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 15.08.44–10.11.44
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 10.11.44–25.05.45
Fate:  fate:  Sunk 05.04.45 by USS Hudson (DD-475) off Kume Jima, Okinawa (26°22'N, 126°30'E). 79 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 25.05.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Fumon Shozo (63)普門正三01.04.44–26.05.44
     Capt Otani Kiyonori (49)大谷清教27.05.44–09.07.44
     LtCdr Oba Saichi (62)大場佐一10.07.44–04.08.44
     LtCdr Sugamasa Tetsuaki (65)菅昌徹昭05.08.44–04.02.45
     *LtCdr Go Yasuo (66)郷 康夫05.02.45–05.04.45
RO-50  呂50  ロ50  
   Type (Class): K6 (RO-35)  
   Builder: Tamano Heavy Industries, Tamano  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 18.02.1943
   Launched: 27.11.1943
   Completed: 31.07.1944
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 31.07.44–05.11.44
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 05.11.44–15.08.45
     SubDiv 15, 6th Fleet 15.08.45–02.11.45
     post-war US Navy's Japanese Submarine Division Four02.11.45–30.11.45
Fate:  02.09.45 surrendered at Maizuru. Scuttled 01.04.46 off Goto Is. (32°37'N, 129°17'E).
   Removed from Navy List 30.11.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Kimura Masuo (63)木村正男05.06.44–19.03.45
     Vacant [?] 19.03.45–02.04.45
     Lt Imai Umeichi (67)今井梅一02.04.45–30.11.45
RO-55  呂55  ロ55  
   Type (Class): K6 (RO-35)  
   Builder: Tamano Heavy Industries, Tamano  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 05.08.1943
   Launched: 23.04.1944
   Completed: 30.09.1944
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 30.09.44–04.01.45
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 04.01.45–10.05.45
Fate:  Sunk 07.02.45 at 23:30 by USS Thomason (DE-203) off Iba, Luzon (15°27'N, 119°25'E). 80 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.05.1945
   Commanding Officer  
     *Lt Suwa Koichiro (64)諏訪幸一郎30.09.44–07.02.45
RO-56  呂56  ロ56  
   Type (Class): K6 (RO-35)  
   Builder: Tamano Heavy Industries, Tamano  
   Ordered under 1940 Urgent War Program: 1941
   Laid Down: 02.12.1943
   Launched: 05.07.1944
   Completed: 15.11.1944
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 15.11.44–20.02.45
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 10.02.45–24.05.45
Fate:  Sunk 09.04.45 by USS Monnsen (DD-691) off Okinodaito Jima (26°09'N, 130°21'E). 79 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 24.05.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     *Lt Nagamatsu Masateru (67)永松正輝15.11.44–09.04.45
RO-57  呂57  ロ57  
   Type (Class): L3 (RO-57)  
   Call Sign: JUEP  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 1920 Program: 1918
   Laid Down: 20.11.1920
   Launched: 03.12.1921
   Completed: 20.07.1922
   Service:  
     Yokosuka ND 30.07.22–01.12.22
     SubDiv 6, 1st SubRon, 1st Fleet 01.12.22–01.08.26
     SubDiv 6, 2nd SubRon, 2nd Fleet 01.08.26–01.12.26
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka ND 01.12.26–01.12.27
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka Defence Div, Yokosuka ND 01.12.27–30.11.29
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka ND 30.11.29–01.12.30
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka Defence Div, Yokosuka ND 01.12.30–11.12.33
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka Guard Sqdn, Yokosuka ND 01.12.33–22.04.34
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka Defence Div, Yokosuka ND 22.04.34–15.06.34
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka Guard Sqdn, Yokosuka ND 15.06.34–15.11.34
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka ND 15.11.34–01.11.38
     SubDiv 6, 2nd Reserve, Yokosuka ND 01.11.38–01.04.39
     SubDiv 6, Gunnery School, Yokosuka ND 01.04.39–01.11.41
     SubDiv 6, Kure ND 01.11.41–15.01.43
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka ND 15.01.43–01.05.45
     Kure ND, 6th Fleet 01.05.45–15.08.45
Fate:  On 01.05.45 became a stationery training hulk at Kure. 02.09.45 surrendered. Scrapped 1946.
   Removed from Navy List 01.05.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     Lt Morino Sorokuro (40)森野草六郎30.05.24–01.12.25
     LtCdr Mori Tokuji (40)森 徳治01.12.25–10.12.28
     ?    ?
     Cdr Sato Torajiro (43)佐藤寅治郎01.11.29–10.09.31
     LtCdr Miyazaki Takeji (46)宮崎武治10.09.31–21.01.33
     ?    ?
     LtCdr Fujii Akiyoshi (49)藤井明義25.03.33–28.02.35
     ?    ?
     LtCdr Nagai Katsuhiko (57)長井勝彦–10.02.42
     ?    ?
     Capt Narahara Shogo (48)楢原省吾18.05.43–01.09.43
     Capt Shichiji Tsuneo (49)七字恒雄01.09.43–17.03.45
     LtCdr Kawaguchi Genbei (66)川口源兵衛17.03.45–15.08.45
RO-58  呂58  ロ58  
   Type (Class): L3 (RO-57)  
   Call Sign: JUFP  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 1920 Program: 1918
   Laid Down: 15.02.1921
   Launched: 02.03.1922
   Completed: 25.11.1922
   Service:  
     Yokosuka ND 25.11.22–01.12.22
     SubDiv 6, 1st SubRon, 1stFleet 01.12.22–01.08.26
     SubDiv 6, 2nd SubRon, 2nd Fleet 01.08.26–01.12.26
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka ND 01.12.26–01.12.27
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka Defence Div, Yokosuka ND 01.12.27–30.11.29
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka ND 30.11.29–01.12.30
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka Defence Div, Yokosuka ND 01.12.30–11.12.33
     SubDiv 6, Yokosukauard Sqdn, Yokosuka ND 01.12.33–22.04.34
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka Defence Div, Yokosuka ND 22.04.34–15.06.34
     SubDiv 6, YokosukaGuard Sqdn, Yokosuka ND 15.06.34–15.11.34
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka ND 15.11.34–31.07.37
     Gunnery School, Yokosuka ND 31.07.37–01.04.39
     SubDiv 6, Gunnery School, Yokosuka ND 01.04.39–01.11.41
     SubDiv 6, Kure NDF 01.11.41–15.01.43
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka ND 15.01.43–01.05.45
     4th Reserve, Kure ND, 6th Fleet (Hulked) 01.05.45–15.08.45
Fate:  On 01.05.45 became a stationery training hulk at Kure. 02.09.45 surrendered. Scrapped 1946.
   Removed from Navy List 01.05.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Wakabayashi Seisaku (39)若林清作01.12.23–01.12.25
     LtCdr Sato Tsutomu (40)佐藤 勉01.12.25–01.03.26
     ?    ?
     LtCdr Fujii Akiyoshi (49)藤井明義01.09.33–01.12.33
     LtCdr Kobayashi Hajime (48)小林 一01.12.33–05.07.34
     LtCdr Harada Kaku (41)原田 覚05.07.34–16.07.34
     LtCdr Kawasaki Mutsuro (51)川崎陸郎15.12.38–
     ?    ?
     LtCdr Tabata Naoshi (58)田畑 直11.41–10.02.42
     ?    ?
     Lt Kawaguchi Genbei (66)川口源兵衛17.03.43–02.09.45
RO-59  呂59  ロ59  
   Type (Class): L3 (RO-57)  
   Call Sign: JUGP  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 1920 Program: 1918
   Laid Down: 21.05.1921
   Launched: 28.06.1922
   Completed: 20.02.1923
   Service:  
     SubDiv 6, 1st SubRon, 1st Fleet 20.03.23–01.08.26
     SubDiv 6, 2nd SubRon, 2nd Fleet 01.08.26–01.12.26
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka ND 01.12.26–01.12.27
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka Defence Div., Yokosuka ND 01.12.27–30.11.29
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka ND 30.11.29–01.12.30
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka Defence Div., Yokosuka ND 01.12.30–11.12.33
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka Guard Sqdn, Yokosuka ND 01.12.33–22.04.34
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka Defence Div., Yokosuka ND 22.04.34–15.06.34
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka Guard Sqdn, Yokosuka ND 15.06.34–15.11.34
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka ND 15.11.34–01.11.38
     SubDiv 6, 2nd Reserve, Yokosuka ND 01.11.38–15.12.38
     3rd Reserve, Yokosuka ND 15.12.38–01.06.39
     Yokosuka ND 01.06.39–01.08.39
     SubDiv 6, Gunnery School, Yokosuka ND 01.07.39–15.11.39
     1st Reserve, Ominato Guard Division 15.11.39–01.11.41
     SubDiv 6, Kure ND 01.11.41–15.01.43
     SubDiv 6, Yokosuka ND 15.01.43–01.05.45
     4th Reserve, Kure ND, 6th Fleet (Hulked) 01.05.45–15.08.45
Fate:  On 01.05.45 became a stationery training hulk at Kure. 02.09.45 surrendered. Scrapped 1946.
   Removed from Navy List 01.05.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     Lt Koda Takero (41)古宇田武郎01.12.22–14.05.23
     Lt Daigo Tadashige (40)醍醐忠重15.05.23–10.05.24
     Lt Yatsushiro Sukeyoshi (40)八代祐吉10.05.24–20.10.24
     Lt Ishizaki Noboru (42)石崎 昇 CK20.10.24–01.12.26
     LtCdr Komazawa Katsumi (42)駒沢克己01.12.26–10.12.28
     ?    10.12.28–
     LtCdr Sato Torajiro (43)佐藤寅治郎05.06.30–30.06.30
     LtCdr Imazato Hiroshi (45)今里 博30.06.30–06.07.31
     ?    06.07.32–
     LtCdr Ota Nobunosuke (47)太田信之輔01.12.31–23.08.32
     ?    23.08.32–
     LtCdr Fujii Akiyoshi (49)藤井明義15.11.33–01.12.33
     ?    01.12.33–
     Cdr Harada Kaku (41)原田 覚15.08.34–22.10.34
     ?    22.10.34–
     LtCdr Kinashi Takakazu (51)木梨鷹一15.12.38–20.03.40
     ?    20.03.44–
     Cdr Iwagami Hidetoshi (46)岩上英寿04.03.41–27.04.41
     ?    27.04.41–
     LtCdr Tanabe Yahachi (56)田辺弥八15.10.41–31.01.42
     ?    31.01.42–
     Lt Nakayama Denshichi (61) 05.06.42–26.08.42
     Capt Narahara Shogo (48)楢原省吾26.08.42–15.10.42
     Lt Okabe Takeshi (63)岡部 猛15.10.42–
     ?   ?–01.05.45
RO-60  呂60  ロ60  
   Type (Class): L4 (RO-60)  
   Call Sign: JUIP  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 1922 Program: 1919
   Laid Down: 05.12.1921
   Launched: 22.12.1922
   Completed: 17.09.1923
   Service:  
     Sasebo ND 17.09.23–09.02.24
     SubDiv 26, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 09.02.24–01.04.24
     SubDiv 26, 2nd SubRon, 2nd Fleet 01.04.24–01.12.25
     SubDiv 26, 1st SubRon, 1st Fleet 01.12.25–15.12.26
     SubDiv 26, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 15.12.26–10.12.28
     SubDiv 26, 1st SubRon, 1st Fleet 10.12.28–01.12.30
     SubDiv 26, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 01.12.30–15.11.33
     SubDiv 26, Sasebo ND 15.11.33–15.11.34
     SubDiv 26, Sasebo Guard Sqdn, Sasebo ND 15.11.34–15.11.35
     SubDiv 26, Sasebo ND 15.11.35–15.12.38
     SubDiv 26, 3rd Reserve, Sasebo ND 15.12.38–15.11.39
     SubDiv 26, 4rd Reserve, Sasebo ND, 15.11.39–15.11.40
     SubDiv 26, 7th SubRon, 4th Fleet 15.11.40–15.01.42
Fate:  Grounded at 02:00 on Kwajalein (09°00'N, 167°30'E). 0 dead; 66 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 15.01.1942
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Yokoyama Sugao (36)横山管雄17.09.23–15.10.23
     LtCdr Hiraoka Kumeichi (39)平岡粂一15.10.23–20.10.24
     LtCdr Yatsushiro Sukeyoshi (40)八代祐吉20.10.24–21.07.25
     LtCdr Miwa Shigeyoshi (39)三輪茂義21.07.25–01.12.25
     LtCdr Ohashi Tatsuo (40)大橋竜男01.12.25–25.08.26
     LtCdr Kanemasu Yoshio (40)金枡義夫25.08.26–10.02.28
     Reserve 10.02.28–20.09.28
     LtCdr Tsuruoka Nobumichi (43)鶴岡信道 No?20.09.28–05.09.29
     LtCdr Takezaki Kaoru (45)竹崎 馨05.09.29–01.12.31
     LtCdr Uemura Niwazo (47)植村庭三01.12.31–01.09.33
     LtCdr Ono Ryojiro (48)小野良二郎01.09.33–01.06.34
     Reserve 01.06.34–15.10.40
     LtCdr Nakamura Otsuji (52)
        = also written Uno Otsuji
中村乙二15.10.40–15.07.41
     LtCdr Fujimori Yasuo (56)藤森康男15.07.41–29.12.41
RO-61  呂61  ロ61  
   Type (Class): L4 (RO-60)  
   Call Sign: JUIP  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 1922 Program: 1919
   Laid Down: 05.06.1922
   Launched: 19.05.1923
   Completed: 09.02.1924
   Service:  
     SubDiv 26, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 09.02.24–01.04.24
     SubDiv 26, 2nd SubRon, 2nd Fleet 01.04.24–01.12.25
     SubDiv 26, 1st SubRon, 1st Fleet 01.12.25–15.12.26
     SubDiv 26, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 15.12.26–10.12.28
     SubDiv 26, 1st SubRon, 1st Fleet 10.12.28–01.12.30
     SubDiv 26, Sasebo Defence Div , Sasebo ND 01.12.30–15.11.33
     SubDiv 26, Sasebo ND 15.11.33–15.11.34
     SubDiv 26, Sasebo Guard Sqdn, Sasebo ND 15.11.34–15.11.35
     SubDiv 26, Sasebo ND 15.11.35–15.12.38
     SubDiv 26, 3rd Reserve, Sasebo ND 15.12.38–15.11.39
     SubDiv 26, 4rd Reserve, Sasebo ND 15.11.39–15.11.40
     SubDiv 26, 7th SubRon, 4th Fleet 15.11.40–14.07.42
     SubDiv 26, 5th Fleet 14.07.42–20.10.42
Fate:  Sunk 31.08.42 by USS Reid (DD-369) in Aleutian Islands (52°36'N, 173°57W). 60 dead; 5 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 20.10.1942
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Ishibashi Toshinari (36)石橋敏成09.02.24–01.12.24
     LtCdr Takatsuka Seigo (38)高塚省吾01.12.24–01.12.26
     LtCdr Oka Takazumi (39)岡 敬純01.12.26–20.05.27
     LtCdr Yatsushiro Sukeyoshi (40)八代祐吉20.05.27–10.12.28
     LtCdr Nishino Kozo (48)西野耕三10.12.28–01.11.29
     Reserve 01.11.29–01.12.30
     LtCdr Fukuda Isamu (44)福田 勇01.12.30–04.11.31
     Reserve 04.11.31–16.07.34
     LtCdr Minamizato Katsuji (48)南里勝次16.07.34–15.12.34
     Reserve 15.12.34–01.12.37
     LtCdr Matsumura Kanji (50)松村寛治01.12.37–15.11.38
     ?        15.08.38–
     LtCdr Ueno Toshitake (56)上野利武15.11.39–15.04.40
     LtCdr Nakamura Shozo (54)中村省三15.04.40–15.10.40
     LtCdr Ohashi Katsuo (53)大橋勝夫15.10.40–31.07.41
     LtCdr Yamamoto Hideo (56)山本秀男31.07.41–24.05.42
     *Lt Tokutomi Toshisada (59)徳富利貞24.05.42–31.08.42
RO-62  呂62  ロ62  
   Type (Class): L4 (RO-60)  
   Call Sign: JUJP  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 1922 Program: 1919
   Laid Down: 08.09.1922
   Launched: 19.09.1923
   Completed: 24.07.1924
   Service:  
     SubDiv 33, Sasebo Defence Div, Maizuru ND 24.07.24–01.09.24
     SubDiv 26, 2nd SubRon, 2nd Fleet 01.09.24–01.12.25
     SubDiv 26, 1st SubRon, 1st Fleet 01.12.25–15.12.26
     SubDiv 26, Sasebo Defence Div , Sasebo ND 15.12.26–10.12.28
     SubDiv 26, 1st SubRon, 1st Fleet 10.12.28–01.12.30
     SubDiv 26, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 01.12.30–15.11.33
     SubDiv 26, Sasebo ND 15.11.33–15.11.34
     SubDiv 26, Sasebo Guard Sqdn, Sasebo ND 15.11.34–15.11.35
     SubDiv 26, Sasebo ND 15.11.35–15.12.38
     SubDiv 26, 3rd Reserve, Sasebo ND 15.12.38–15.11.39
     SubDiv 26, 4rd Reserve, Sasebo ND 15.11.39–15.11.40
     SubDiv 26, 7th SubRon, 4th Fleet 15.11.40–14.07.42
     SubDiv 26, 5th Fleet 14.07.42–15.11.42
     SubDiv 26, Kure NDF 15.11.42–01.12.43
     SubDiv 33, Kure SubRon, Kure ND 01.12.43–10.10.44
     Kure ND 10.10.44–12.04.45
     SubDiv 33, Kure SubRon, Kure ND 12.04.45–15.09.45
Fate:  02.09.45 surrendered at Maizuru. Scuttled 05.46 in Iyo Wan.
   Removed from Navy List 20.11.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     ?        24.07.24–01.12.25
     LtCdr Fukuzawa Tsunekichi (41)福沢常吉01.12.25–01.12.27
     LtCdr Matsuzaki Akira (43)松崎 彰01.12.27–10.12.28
     LtCdr Sasaki Hankyu (45)佐々木半九01.12.29–01.12.30
     LtCdr Tamaki Tomejiro (45)玉木留次郎01.12.30–14.11.31
     Reserve 14.11.31–24.09.32
     LtCdr Okamoto Yoshisuke (47)岡本義助24.09.32–01.11.34
     LtCdr Okata Tadashi (50)大畑 正01.11.34–15.11.34
     Reserve 15.11.34–15.12.38
     LtCdr Tanaka Makio (52)田中万喜夫15.12.38–30.10.40
     LtCdr Ota Takeshi (55)大田 武30.10.40–31.07.41
     LtCdr Takizawa Koreaki (57)滝沢是介31.07.41–24.05.42
     LtCdr Shimada Takeo (59)島田武夫24.05.42–15.10.42
     LtCdr Sato Sakuma (60)佐藤作馬15.10.42–10.12.42
     Cdr Yoshitome Zenji (52)吉留 善10.12.42–19.12.42
     LtCdr Nagai Katsuhiko (57)長井勝彦19.12.42–16.03.43
     LtCdr Nomura Shunji (60)野村俊治16.03.43–25.05.43
     Lt Tsukudo Tatsuo (63)筑土竜男25.05.43–20.08.43
     Lt Enomoto Yasuo (63)榎本泰夫20.08.43–20.12.43
     Lt Tsukudo Tatsuo (63)筑土竜男20.12.43–09.03.44
     Cdr Yoshimura Iwao (51)吉村 巌09.03.44–30.04.44
     Lt Kamihiroshi Yasuo (66)上拾石 康雄30.04.44–25.08.44
     Lt Nakagawa Hiroshi (68)中川 博25.08.44–14.10.44
     Lt Kurita Yoshifumi (69)栗田義文14.10.44–15.12.44
     Lt Ono Shinpei (68)小野信平15.12.44–09.01.45
     Lt Sato Kiyoteru (66)佐藤清輝09.01.45–01.06.45
     Lt Imanishi Saburo (67)今西三郎01.06.45–12.06.45
     Lt Hayakawa Norimasa (64)早川尋匡12.06.45–02.09.45
RO-63  呂63  ロ63  
   Type (Class): L4 (RO-60)  
   Call Sign: JUKP  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 1922 Program: 1919
   Laid Down: 23.04.1923
   Launched: 24.01.1924
   Completed: 20.12.1924
   Service:  
     SubDiv 33, Maizuru ND 20.12.24–01.06.25
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo ND 01.06.25–01.12.25
     SubDiv 24, 1st SubRon,1st Fleet 01.12.25–10.12.28
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 10.12.28–30.11.29
     SubDiv 24, 1st SubRon,1st Fleet 30.11.29–01.12.30
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo ND 01.12.30–01.12.31
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 01.12.31–11.12.33
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo Guard Sqdn, Sasebo ND 11.12.33–15.11.34
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo ND 15.11.34–01.12.36
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo Defence Sqdn, Sasebo ND 01.12.36–01.01.38
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo ND 01.01.38–15.11.39
     SubDiv 33, Kure Submarine School, Kure ND 15.11.39–15.11.40
     SubDiv 33, 7th SubRon, 4th Fleet 15.11.40–14.07.42
     SubDiv 33, 5th Fleet 14.07.42–25.09.42
     SubDiv 33, Kure ND 25.09.42–01.12.43
     SubDiv 33, Kure SubRon, Kure ND 01.12.43–15.09.45
Fate:  02.09.45 surrendered at Maizuru, scuttled 05.46 in Iyo Wan.
   Removed from Navy List 20.11.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Hiraoka Kumeichi (39)平岡粂一20.12.24–01.12.25
     LtCdr Kousokabe Yuzuru (38)香宗我部 譲01.12.25–15.01.28
     LtCdr Ito Jotaro (42)伊藤尉太郎15.01.28–10.03.29
     Reserve 10.03.29–29.06.29
     Lt Nakaoka Nobuki (45)中岡信喜29.06.29–30.11.29
     LtCdr Otake Toshio (45)大竹寿雄30.11.29–01.12.31
     LtCdr Shimizu Taro (48)清水太郎01.12.31–20.03.34
     LtCdr Yamada Takashi (49)山田 隆20.03.34–15.02.36
     Lt Yamada Kaoru (50)山田 薫15.02.36–20.03.37
     LtCdr Inaba Michimune (51)稲葉通宗20.03.37–31.07.37
     LtCdr Hasegawa Minoru (51)長谷川 稔31.07.37–15.11.37
     LtCdr Hanabusa Hiroshi (51)花房博志15.11.37–19.03.38
     LtCdr Inaba Michimune (51)稲葉通宗19.03.38–15.12.38
     LtCdr Yajima Yasuo (51)矢島安雄15.12.38–01.09.39
     LtCdr Tagami Akiji (51)田上明次01.09.39–20.11.39
     LtCdr Ohira Masajiro (52)大平政二郎20.11.39–20.03.40
     Lt Izutsu Monshiro (57)井筒紋四郎20.03.40–15.10.40
     LtCdr Kusaka Toshio (53)日下敏夫15.10.40–09.02.42
     LtCdr Nagai Katsuhiko (57)長井勝彦09.02.42–14.10.42
     LtCdr Nambu Nobuyuki (61)南部伸清14.10.42–15.03.43
     LtCdr Kondo Fumitake (62)近藤文武15.03.43–24.07.43
     LtCdr Nishiuchi Shoichi (60)西内正一25.07.43–19.12.43
     LtCdr Suzuki Katsuhito (63)鈴木勝人19.12.43–22.02.44
     Cdr Otani Kiyonori (49)大谷清教22.02.44–29.04.44
     Lt Takema Chuzo (65)竹間忠三29.04.44–04.08.44
     Lt Koreeda Sadayoshi (64)是枝貞義04.08.44–19.08.44
     Lt Arai Kanichi (69)新井貫一19.08.44–05.11.44
     Lt Imanishi Saburo (67)今西三郎05.11.44–19.07.45
     Lt Morita Ryoji (64)森田良二19.07.45–29.07.45
     Lt Taketomi Kunio (65)武富邦夫29.07.45–02.09.45
RO-64  呂64  ロ64  
   Type (Class): L4 (RO-60)  
   Call Sign: JULP  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 1922 Program: 1919
   Laid Down: 15.10.1923
   Launched: 19.08.1924
   Completed: 30.04.1925
   Service:  
     SubDiv 33, Maizuru ND 30.04.25–01.06.25
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo ND 01.06.25–01.12.25
     SubDiv 24, 1st SubRon, 1st Fleet 01.12.25–10.12.28
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 10.12.28–30.11.29
     SubDiv 24, 1st SubRon, 1st Fleet 30.11.29–01.12.30
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo ND 01.12.30–01.12.31
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 01.12.31–11.12.33
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo Guard Sqdn, Sasebo ND 11.12.33–15.11.34
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo ND 15.11.34–01.12.36
     4th Reserve, Sasebo ND 01.12.36–01.03.39
     2nd Reserve, Sasebo ND 01.03.39–01.05.39
     Chinkai Defence Div, Chinkai Guard District 01.05.39–01.07.39
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo ND 01.07.39–15.11.39
     SubDiv 33, Kure Submarine School, Kure ND 15.11.39–15.11.40
     SubDiv 33, 7th SubRon, 4th Fleet 15.11.40–14.07.42
     SubDiv 33, 5th Fleet 14.07.42–25.09.42
     SubDiv 33, Kure NDF 25.09.42–01.12.43
     SubDiv 33, Kure SubRon, Kure NDF 01.12.43–10.08.45
Fate:  Sunk 12.04.45 at 14:38 by mine in Hiroshima Bay. 81 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.08.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Daigo Tadashige (40)醍醐忠重15.01.25–01.12.25
     Lt Koda Takero (41)古宇田武郎01.12.25–01.12.26
     LtCdr Nakahara Yoshimasa (49)中原義正01.12.26–01.12.27
     LtCdr Matsuzaki Akira (43)松崎 彰01.12.27–10.12.28
     Reserve 10.12.28–01.11.29
     LtCdr Tamaki Tomejiro (45)玉木留次郎01.11.29–01.12.30
     LtCdr Sasaki Hankyu (45)佐々木半九01.12.30–01.12.31
     Lt Nagai Hiroaki (48)永井宏明01.12.31–01.12.32
     LtCdr Shimizu Taro (48)清水太郎01.12.32–25.03.33
     Lt Hatanaka Sumihiko (49)畑中純彦25.03.33–15.02.36
     LtCdr Izu Junichi (51)伊豆寿市15.02.36–30.03.37
     LtCdr Hanabusa Hiroshi (51)花房博志30.03.37–15.11.37
     LtCdr Ikezawa Masayuki (52)池沢政幸15.11.37–19.03.38
     LtCdr Yoshitome Zenji (52)吉留 善19.03.38–01.04.39
     LtCdr Ogawa Tsunayoshi (50)小川綱吉01.04.39–20.03.40
     Reserve 20.03.40–26.07.40
     LtCdr Uno Kameo (53)宇野亀雄26.07.40–09.02.42
     LtCdr Tabata Naoshi (58)田畑 直09.02.42–14.10.42
     Lt Wada Mutsuo (61)和田睦雄14.10.42–24.03.43
     Capt Kato Ryonosuke (48)加藤良之助24.03.43–31.08.43
     Capt Narahara Shogo (48)楢原省吾31.08.43–19.01.44
     LtCdr Okayama Noboro (64)岡山 登19.01.44–29.04.44
     Lt Ono Yasushi (65)大野保四29.04.44–30.08.44
     Lt Sato Kiyoteru (66)佐藤清輝30.08.44–13.10.44
     Lt Kiuchi Tetsuro (69)木内哲朗13.10.44–05.11.44
     Lt Tokunaga Masahiko (67)徳永正彦05.11.44–08.12.44
     Lt Yoshizawa Chiaki (69)吉沢千明08.12.44–14.02.45
     Capt Otani Kiyonori (49)大谷清教14.02.45–14.03.45
     *LtCdr Ankyu Eitaro (50)安久栄太郎14.03.45–12.04.45
RO-65  呂65  ロ65  
   Type (Class): L4 (RO-60)  
   Call Sign: JUMP  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 1922 Program: 1919
   Laid Down: 15.11.1924
   Launched: 25.09.1925
   Completed: ?
   Service:  
     SubDiv 33, Maizuru ND 30.06.26–15.12.26
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 15.12.26–15.01.27
     SubDiv 27, 1st SubRon, 1st Fleet 15.01.27–30.11.29
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 30.11.29–24.12.29
     SubDiv 27, 2nd SubRon, 2nd Fleet 24.12.29–01.12.30
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Defence Div , Sasebo ND 01.12.30–01.10.32
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Guard Ron, Sasebo ND 01.10.32–15.11.33
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Defence Div , Sasebo ND 15.11.33–01.12.33
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Guard Ron, Sasebo ND 01.12.33–15.11.35
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Defence Ron, Sasebo ND 15.11.35–15.12.38
     SubDiv 27, 2nd Reserve, Sasebo ND 15.12.38–15.11.39
     SubDiv 27, 1st Reserve, Sasebo ND 15.11.39–15.11.40
     SubDiv 27, 7th SubRon, 4th Fleet 15.11.40–10.02.42
     SubDiv 26, 7th SubRon, 4th Fleet 10.02.42–14.07.42
     SubDiv 26, 5th Fleet 14.07.42–15.11.42
     SubDiv 26, Kure ND 15.11.42–20.11.42
Fate:  Sunk 04.11.42 by US aircraft at Kiska (51°58'N, 177°33'E). 19 dead; 45 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 20.11.1942
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Saito Eisho (42)斎藤栄章01.03.26–15.05.28
     LtCdr Uozumi Jisaku (42)魚住治策16.05.28–20.09.29
     Lt Otake Toshio (45)大竹寿雄20.09.29–30.11.29
     Lt Nagai Takeo (47)長井武夫30.11.29–01.04.31
     Reserve 01.04.31–01.12.31
     LtCdr Sugiura Norio (47)杉浦矩郎01.12.31–20.08.32
     LtCdr Hamano Motoichi (47)浜野元一20.08.32–15.11.33
     Reserve 15.11.33–01.11.34
     LtCdr Emi Tetsushiro (50)江見哲四郎01.11.34–28.02.35
     LtCdr Matsumura Kanji (50)松村寛治28.02.35–20.03.37
     LtCdr Togami Ichiro (51)戸上一郎20.03.37–01.12.37
     Reserve 01.12.37–01.11.39
     LtCdr Ota Takeshi (55)大田 武01.11.39–20.03.40
     LtCdr Ueno Toshitake (56)上野利武20.03.40–28.09.40
     LtCdr Harada Hakue (52)原田毫衛28.09.40–31.07.41
     LtCdr Kudo Kaneo (56)工藤兼男31.07.41–15.02.42
     LtCdr Torisu Kennosuke (58)鳥巣建之助15.02.42–30.05.42
     LtCdr Yamaguchi Kazuo (61)山ロー生30.05.42–30.06.42
     Lt Egi Syochi (60)江木尚一30.06.42–04.11.42
RO-66  呂66  ロ66  
   Type (Class): L4 (RO-60)  
   Call Sign: JUNP  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 1922 Program: 1919
   Laid Down: 01.12.1925
   Launched: 25.10.1926
   Completed: 28.07.1927
   Service:  
     SubDiv 27, 1st SubRon, 1st Fleet 28.07.27–30.11.29
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 30.11.29–24.12.29
     SubDiv 27, 2nd SubRon, 2nd Fleet 24.12.29–01.12.30
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 01.12.30–01.10.32
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Guard Sqdn, Sasebo ND 01.10.32–15.11.33
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 15.11.33–01.12.33
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Guard Sqdn, Sasebo ND 01.12.33–15.11.35
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Defence Sqdn, Sasebo ND 15.11.35–15.12.38
     SubDiv 27, 2nd Reserve, Sasebo ND 15.12.38–15.11.39
     SubDiv 27, 1st Reserve, Sasebo ND 15.11.39–15.11.40
     SubDiv 27, 7th SubRon,4th Fleet 15.11.40–15.01.42
Fate:  Sunk 17.12.41 at 20:20 in collision with RO-62 25 miles SW of Wake Island. 63 dead; 3 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 15.01.1942
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Hirano Rokuzo (41)平野六三28.07.27–10.12.28
     LtCdr Okushima Tsunesaburo (44)奥島章三郎10.12.28–15.11.30
     ?        ?
     LtCdr Shimazui Takemi (47)島居威美01.05.31–02.11.31
     LtCdr Mizobatane Sadaichi (46)溝畠定一02.11.31–15.11.33
     Reserve 15.11.33–15.11.34
     LtCdr Kayabara Yasuchika (49)栢原保親15.11.34–27.02.35
     ?        ?
     Lt Shibata Genichi (51)柴田源一15.02.36–20.03.37
     LtCdr Kawasaki Mutsuro (51)川崎陸郎20.03.37–31.07.37
     LtCdr Matsumura Kanji (50)松村寛治31.07.37–30.11.37
     LtCdr Inoue Tadakane (51)井上規矩01.12.37–19.03.38
     LtCdr Nakamura Shozo (54)中村省三19.03.38–30.07.38
     LtCdr Inada Hiroshi (51)稲田 洋30.07.38–20.03.39
     LtCdr Taoka Kiyoshi (55)田岡 清20.03.39–27.07.39
     LtCdr Kohiga Masaru (53)小比賀 勝27.07.39–26.07.40
     *LtCdr Kurokawa Hideyuki (54)黒川英幸26.07.40–17.12.41
RO-67  呂67  ロ67  
   Type (Class): L4 (RO-60)  
   Call Sign: JUOP  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 1922 Program: 1919
   Laid Down: 05.03.1925
   Launched: 18.03.1926
   Completed: 15.12.1926
   Service:  
     SubDiv 27 15.12.26–15.01.27
     SubDiv 27, 1st SubRon, 1st Fleet 15.01.27–30.11.29
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 30.11.29–24.12.29
     SubDiv 27, 2nd SubRon, 2nd Fleet 24.12.29–01.12.30
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 01.12.30–01.10.32
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Guard Ron, Sasebo ND 01.10.32–15.11.33
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 15.11.33–01.12.33
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Guard Ron, Sasebo ND 01.12.33–15.11.35
     SubDiv 27, Sasebo Defence Ron, Sasebo ND 15.11.35–15.12.38
     SubDiv 27, 2nd Reserve, Sasebo ND 15.12.38–15.11.39
     SubDiv 27, 1st Reserve, Sasebo ND 15.11.39–15.11.40
     SubDiv 27, 7th SubRon, 4th Fleet 15.11.40–10.02.42
     SubDiv 26, 7th SubRon, 4th Fleet 10.02.42–14.07.42
     SubDiv 26, 5th Fleet 14.07.42–15.11.42
     SubDiv 26, Kure ND (training boat) 15.11.42–01.12.43
     SubDiv 33, Kure SubRon, Kure ND (training boat) 01.12.43–20.07.45
     Reserve Boat, Sasebo ND (training hulk) 20.07.45–02.09.45
Fate:  On 20.07.45 became a stationery training hulk at Kure. 02.09.45 surrendered. Scrapped 1946.
   Removed from Navy List 20.07.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Yamazaki Shigeaki (41)山崎重暉15.12.26–15.11.27
     LtCdr Mito Hisashi (42)三戸 寿01.12.27–15.12.28
     Lt Hayashi Kiyosuke (43)林 清亮15.12.28–05.11.29
     Lt Miyazaki Takeji (46)宮崎武治15.11.29–31.03.30
     Lt Endo Keiyu (46)遠藤敬勇01.04.30–01.04.31
     Lt Tsuzuki Noboru (48)都築 登01.04.31–01.12.31
     LtCdr Okada Yusaku (47)岡田有作01.12.31–15.03.33
     LtCdr Endo Keiyu (46)遠藤敬勇15.03.33–16.07.34
     LtCdr Shimizu Taro (48)清水太郎16.07.34–21.10.34
     LtCdr Okata Tadashi (50)大畑 正15.11.34–15.02.36
     Lt Hirokawa Takashi (51)広川 隆15.02.36–05.05.36
     LtCdr Hamano Motoichi (47)浜野元一05.05.36–01.12.36
     Reserve 01.12.36–01.09.39
     LtCdr Narusawa Sennao (52)成沢千直01.09.39–15.11.39
     LtCdr Ohashi Katsuo (53)大橋勝夫15.11.39–20.03.40
     LtCdr Watanabe Katsuji (55)渡辺勝次20.03.40–30.10.40
     LtCdr Yoshitome Zenji (52)吉留 善30.10.40–31.10.41
     LtCdr Imamoto Masayuki (58)井元正之31.10.41–09.05.42
     LtCdr Torisu Kennosuke (58)鳥巣建之助09.05.42–29.05.42
     LtCdr Yamaguchi Kazuo (61)山ロー生29.05.42–25.08.42
     LtCdr Nakayama Denshichi (61)中山伝七25.08.42–15.03.4
     Lt Ebato Kazuo (62)江波戸和郎15.03.43–30.11.43
     LtCdr Yamaguchi Kazuo (61)山ロー生30.11.43–19.12.43
     LtCdr Fumon Shozo (63)普門正三19.12.43–31.03.44
     LtCdr Oba Saichi (62)大場佐一31.03.44–09.07.44
     Capt Otani Kiyonori (49)大谷清教09.07.44–30.08.44
     LtCdr Taniura Hideo (65)谷浦英男30.08.44–13.10.44
     Lt Okakita Akimasa (69)岡北明正13.10.44–06.11.44
     Lt Tokioka Takami (67)時岡隆美06.11.44–10.12.44
     Lt Takahashi Shingo (68)高橋真吾10.12.44–03.05.45
     Lt Samejima Osamu (67)鮫島 修03.05.45–31.05.45
     Lt Morita Ryoji (64)森田良二31.05.45–19.07.45
     Reserve 19.07.45–02.09.45
RO-68  呂68  ロ68  
   Type (Class): L4 (RO-60)  
   Call Sign: JUPP  
   Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 1922 Program: 1919
   Laid Down: 06.02.1924
   Launched: 23.02.1925
   Completed: 29.10.1925
   Service:  
     SubDiv 33, Maizuru ND 29.10.25–01.12.25
     SubDiv 24, 1st SubRon, 1st Fleet 01.12.25–10.12.28
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 10.12.28–30.11.29
     SubDiv 24, 1st SubRon, 1st Fleet 30.11.29–25.06.30
     Sasebo ND 25.06.30–01.12.30
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo ND 01.12.30–01.12.31
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo Defence Div, Sasebo ND 01.12.31–11.12.33
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo Guard Ron, Sasebo ND 11.12.33–15.11.34
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo ND 15.11.34–01.12.36
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo Defence Ron, Sasebo ND 01.12.36–01.01.38
     SubDiv 24, Sasebo ND 01.01.38–15.11.39
     SubDiv 33, Kure Submarine School, Kure ND 15.11.39–15.11.40
     SubDiv 33, 7th SubRon, 4th Fleet 15.11.40–14.07.42
     SubDiv 33, 5th Fleet 14.07.42–25.09.42
     SubDiv 33, Kure ND 25.09.42–01.12.43
     SubDiv 33, Kure SubRon, Kure ND 01.12.43–15.08.44
      Kure ND 15.08.44–15.05.45
     51st Squadron, Maizuru ND 15.05.45–15.08.45
Fate:  02.09.45 surrendered. Scuttled 30.04.46 in Maizuru Bay.
   Removed from Navy List 30.11.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Nakamura Motoji (39)中邑元司29.10.25–30.11.26
     LtCdr Takagi Takeo (39)高木武雄01.12.26–01.12.27
     LtCdr Nabeshima Shunsaku (42)鍋島俊策01.12.27–10.12.28
     Reserve 10.12.28–01.11.29
     Lt Hayashi Kazuo (45)林 一雄01.11.29–01.12.31
     Lt Fujimoto Den (48)藤本 伝01.12.31–01.09.33
     Cdr Ohashi Tatsuo (40)大橋竜男01.09.33–01.12.33
     LtCdr Fujimoto Den (48)藤本 伝01.12.33–01.06.34
     LtCdr Koizumi Kiichi (49)小泉麒一01.06.34–15.11.35
     LtCdr Shichiji Tsuneo (49)七字恒雄15.11.35–20.06.36
     LtCdr Emi Tetsushiro (50)江見哲四郎20.06.36–01.12.36
     LtCdr Irie Tatsushi (51)入江 達01.12.36–20.03.37
     LtCdr Tagami Akiji (51)田上明次20.03.37–01.07.37
     Reserve 01.07.37–01.12.37
     LtCdr Togami Ichiro (51)戸上一郎01.12.37–30.07.38
     LtCdr Hirokawa Takashi (51)広川 隆30.07.38–25.11.39
     LtCdr Harada Hakue (52)原田毫衛25.11.39–20.03.40
     LtCdr Taoka Kiyoshi (55)田岡 清20.03.40–15.10.40
     LtCdr Tanaka Makio (52)田中万喜夫15.10.40–31.07.41
     LtCdr Izutsu Monshiro (57)井筒紋四郎31.07.41–22.05.42
     LtCdr Manabe Masateru (60)真鍋正輝22.05.42–04.11.42
     Capt Kato Ryonosuke (48)加藤良之助04.11.42–15.03.43
     LtCdr Tategami Rikuta (60)館上陸太15.03.43–31.07.43
     LtCdr Suzuki Shokichi (62)鈴木正吉31.07.43–19.01.44
     Lt Sugamasa Tetsuaki (65)菅昌徹昭19.01.44–19.03.44
     Lt Uesugi Kazuaki (63)上杉一秋19.03.44–06.44
     Lt Imai Kenji (67)今井賢二06.44–01.07.44
     LtCdr Uesugi Kazuaki (63)上杉一秋01.07.44–13.10.44
     LtCdr Yamanaka Yoshiaki (66)山中修明13.10.44–31.05.45
     Lt Samejima Osamu (67)鮫島 修31.05.45–02.09.45
RO-100  呂100  ロ100  
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Builder: Kure Navy Yard  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#210): 1941
   Laid Down: 30.06.1941
   Launched: 06.12.1941
   Completed: 23.09.1942
   Service:  
     Kure SubRon, Kure ND 01.09.42–15.12.42
     7th SubRon, 8th Fleet, SE Area Fleet 05.12.42–15.04.43
     7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 15.04.43–20.08.43
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 20.08.43–05.02.1944
Fate:  Sunk 25.11.43 at 19:10 by mine 2 miles NE of Buin (06°50'S, 155°58'E). 38 dead; 12 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 05.02.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
     Lt Sakamoto Kaneyoshi (61)坂本金美30.05.42–30.08.43
     Lt Seki Tanisan (63)関 教孝30.08.43–10.09.43
     *LtCdr Ogane Hisao (63)大金久男30.08.43–25.11.43
RO-101  呂101  ロ101  
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#211): 1941
   Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe  
   Laid Down: 30.09.1941
   Launched: 17.04.1942
   Completed: 31.10.1942
   Service:  
     Kure SubRon, Kure ND 31.10.42–16.01.43
     7th SubRon, 8th Fleet, SE Area Fleet 16.01.43–15.04.43
     7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 15.04.43–20.08.43
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 20.08.43–12.09.43
Fate:  Sunk 15.09.43 at 14:46 by USS Saufly (DD-465) off Guadalcanal (10°57'S, 163°56'E). 50 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 01.12.1943
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Orita Zenji (59)折田善次20.07.42–28.08.43
     *Lt Arima Fumio (64)有馬文夫20.08.43–28.08.43
(KIA 28.08.43 enrout to take command)  
     Lt Seki Tanisan (63)関 教孝28.08.43–03.09.43
     *Lt Fujisawa Masatake (63)藤沢政方03.09.43–12.09.43
RO-102  呂102  ロ102  
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#212): 1941
   Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe  
   Laid Down: 30.09.1941
   Launched: 17.04.1942
   Completed: 17.11.1942
   Service:  
     Kure SubRon, Kure ND 17.11.42–16.01.43
     7th SubRon, 8th Fleet, SE Area Fleet 16.01.43–15.04.43
     7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 15.04.43–15.07.43
Fate:  Sunk 14.05.43 by USS PT-150 in Vitiaz Strait, New Guinea (06°55'N, 147°34'E). 42 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 15.07.1943
   Commanding Officers:  
      *LtCdr Kanemoto Shoji (61)兼本正二29.07.42–14.05.43
RO-103  呂103  ロ103
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Builder: Kure Navy Yard  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#213): 1941
   Laid Down: 30.06.1941
   Launched: 06.12.1941
   Completed: 21.10.1942
   Service:  
     Kure SubRon, Kure ND 21.10.42–05.01.43
     7th SubRon, 8th Fleet, SE Area Fleet 05.01.43–15.04.43
     7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 15.04.43–20.08.43
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 20.08.43–01.11.43
Fate:  Missing from 10.08.43. 50 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 01.11.1943
   Commanding Officers:  
     Lt Sakamoto Kaneyoshi (61)坂本金美25.07.42–29.08.42
     LtCdr Fujita Hidenori (62)藤田秀範29.08.42–14.02.43
     *Lt Ichimura Rikinosuke (64)市村力之助15.02.43–10.08.43
RO-104  呂104  ロ104  
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#214): 1941
   Laid Down: 19.11.1941
   Launched: 11.07.1942
   Completed: 25.02.1943
   Service:  
     Kure SubRon, Kure ND 25.02.43–01.04.43
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 01.04.43–05.06.43
     7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 05.06.43–20.08.43
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 20.08.43–01.03.44
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, 6th Fleet 01.03.44–10.08.44
Fate:  Sunk 23.05.44 at 08:34 by USS England (DE-635) 250 miles NNW Kavieng (01°26N, 149°20'E). 58 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.08.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Hamazumi Yoshihisa (61)浜住芳久25.02.43–15.03.43
     LtCdr Shoda Keiji (62)正田啓治15.03.43–09.01.44
     *Lt Izubuchi Shikari (64)出淵 愈09.01.44–23.05.44
RO-105  呂105  ロ105  
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#215): 1941
   Laid Down: 19.11.1941
   Launched: 11.07.1942
   Completed: 05.03.1943
   Service:  
     Kure SubRon, Kure ND 05.03.43–01.04.43
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 01.04.43–05.06.43
     7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 05.06.43–20.08.43
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 20.08.43–01.03.44
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, 6th Fleet 01.03.44–31.05.44
Fate:  Sunk 31.05.44 at 07:35 by USS England (DE-635) 200 miles NNW of Kavieng (01°47'N, 149°56'E). 55 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.08.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Nishiuchi Shoichi (60)西内正一05.03.43–15.03.43
     LtCdr Oba Saichi (62)大場佐一15.03.43–09.01.44
     *LtCdr Inoue Junichi (64)井上順一09.01.44–31.05.44
RO-106  呂106  ロ106  
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Builder: Kure Navy Yard  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#216): 1941
   Laid Down: 17.12.1941
   Launched: 30.05.1942
   Completed: 26.12.1942
   Service:  
     Kure SubRon, Kure ND 26.12.42–15.03.43
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 15.03.43–15.04.43
     7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 15.04.43–20.08.43
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 20.08.43–01.03.44
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, 6th Fleet 01.03.44–10.08.44
Fate:  Sunk 22.05.44 at 03:52 by USS England (DE-635) 250 miles N of Kavieng (01°40N, 150°31'E). 49 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.08.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Saeki Takeo (59)佐伯 卓夫26.12.42–11.06.43
     LtCdr Nakamura Motoo (62)中村元夫12.06.43–14.05.44
     *Lt Uda Keitai (66)宇田恵泰15.05.44–22.05.44
RO-107  呂107  ロ107  
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Builder: Kure Navy Yard  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#217): 1941
   Laid Down: 17.12.1941
   Launched: 30.05.1942
   Completed: 26.12.1942
   Service:  
     Kure SubRon, Kure ND 16.12.42–15.03.43
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 15.03.43–15.04.43
     7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 15.04.43–20.08.43
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 20.08.43–01.09.43
Fate:  Sunk 12.07.43 at 05:10 by USS Radford (DD-446) 15 miles E of Kolombangara (08°00'S, 157°19'E). 42 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 01.09.1943
   Commanding Officers:  
     *Lt Egi Syochi (60)江木尚一04.11.42–12.07.43
RO-108  呂108  ロ108  
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#218): 1941
   Laid Down: 20.04.1942
   Launched: 26.10.1942
   Completed: 20.04.1923
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 20.04.43–01.08.43
     7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 01.08.43–01.09.43
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 01.09.43–01.03.44
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, 6th Fleet 01.03.44–10.08.44
Fate:  Sunk 26.05.44 at 23:23 by USS England (DE-635) 110 miles N of Manus (00°32'S, 148°35'E). 53 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.08.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Arai Atsushi (63)荒井 淳20.04.43–20.01.44
     *Lt Obari Kanichi (65)小針寛一20.01.44–26.05.44
RO-109  呂109  ロ109  
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#400): 1941
   Laid Down: 20.04.1942
   Launched: 26.10.1942
   Completed: 30.04.1943
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 30.04.43–15.08.43
     7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 15.08.43–01.09.43
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, SE Area Fleet 01.09.43–01.03.44
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, 6th Fleet 01.03.44–15.08.44
     Kure SubRon, Kure ND 15.08.44–25.09.44
     SubDiv 33, Kure SubRon, Kure ND 25.09.44–20.10.44
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 20.10.44–10.06.45
Fate:  Sunk 25.04.45 by USS Horace A Bass (APD-124) 165 miles SSW of Daito Jima (21°58'N, 129°38'E). 65 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.06.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Uesugi Kazuaki (63)上杉一秋30.04.43–20.03.44
     LtCdr Sugamasa Tetsuaki (65)菅昌徹昭20.03.44–05.08.44
     LtCdr Oba Saichi (62)大場佐一05.08.44–05.09.44
     LtCdr Toji Jun (66)湯地 惇05.09.44–14.10.44
     LtCdr Masuzawa Seiji (65)増沢清司14.10.44–17.03.45
      *Lt Nakagawa Hiroshi (68)中川 博17.03.45–25.04.45
RO-110  呂110  ロ110  
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#401): 1941
   Laid Down: 20.08.1942
   Launched: 26.01.1943
   Completed: 10.07.1943
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 06.07.43–10.11.43
     SubDiv 30, 8th SubRon, SW Area Fleet 10.11.43–20.03.44
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, 6th Fleet 20.03.44–30.04.44
Fate:  Sunk 02.02.44 by HMIS Jumna 200 miles NE Madras, India (17°25'N 83°21'E). 47 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 30.04.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
     *Lt Ebato Kazuo (62)江波戸和郎06.07.43–11.02.44
RO-111  呂111  ロ111  
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Builder: Kawaski Shipyard, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#402): 1941
   Laid Down: 20.08.1942
   Launched: 26.01.1943
   Completed: 19.07.1943
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 19.07.43–31.10.43
     SubDiv 30, SW Area Fleet 31.10.43–01.01.44
     SubDiv 30, 8th SubRon, 6th Fleet 01.01.44–20.03.44
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, 6th Fleet 20.03.44–10.08.44
Fate:  Sunk 10.06.44 at 15:58 by USS Taylor (DD-468) N of Admiralty Islands (00°26'N, 149°16'E). 54 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.08.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
     *LtCdr Nakamura Naozo (62)中村直三19.07.43–10.06.44
RO-112  呂112  ロ112  
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Builder: Kawaski Shipyard, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#403): 1941
   Laid Down: 20.06.1942
   Launched: 25.03.1943
   Completed: 14.09.1943
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 14.09.43–25.11.43
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 25.11.43–25.12.43
     SubDiv 30, SW Area Fleet 25.12.43–01.01.44
     SubDiv 30, 8th SubRon, 6th Fleet 01.01.44–20.03.44
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, 6th Fleet 20.03.44–15.08.44
     Kure SubRon, Kure ND 15.08.44–25.09.44
     SubDiv 33, Kure SubRon, Kure ND 25.09.44–20.10.44
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 20.10.44–10.05.45
Fate:  Sunk 11.02.45 at 22:02 by USS Batfish (SS-310) off Camiguin Island, Philippines (18°53'N, 121°50'E). 61 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.05.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Kondo Fumitake (62)近藤文武25.07.43–05.08.44
     Lt Matsujima Shigeo (66)松島茂雄05.08.44–31.08.44
     Lt Sakamoto Doni (67)坂本道二31.08.44–14.10.44
     LtCdr Uesugi Kazuaki (63)上杉一秋14.10.44–05.01.45
     *LtCdr Toji Jun (66)湯地 惇05.01.44–11.02.45
RO-113  呂113  ロ113  
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#404): 1941
   Laid Down: 11.07.1942
   Launched: 24.04.1943
   Completed: 12.10.1943
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 01.10.43–25.11.43
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 25.11.43–31.01.44
     SubDiv 30, 8th SubRon, 6th Fleet 31.01.44–25.03.44
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, 6th Fleet 25.03.44–15.08.44
     8th SubRon, 6th Fleet 15.08.44–20.02.45
     SubDiv 34, 6th Fleet 20.02.44–10.05.45
Fate:  Sunk 13.02.45 at 04:49 by USS Batfish (SS-310) off Babuyan Island, Philippines (19°10'N, 121°23'E). 59 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.05.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     ?    ?–20.10.43
     Lt Watanabe Hisashi (64)渡辺 久20.10.43–01.08.44
      *Lt Harada Kiyoshi (66)原田 潔01.08.44–13.02.45
RO-114  呂114  ロ114  
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#405): 1941
   Laid Down: 12.10.1942
   Launched: 19.06.1943
   Completed: 20.11.1943
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 1st Fleet 20.11.43–25.11.43
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 25.11.43–20.02.44
     SubDiv 30, 8th SubRon, 6th Fleet 20.02.44–25.03.44
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, 6th Fleet 25.03.44–10.08.44
Fate:  Sunk 17.06.44 by USS Wadleigh (DD-689) 80 miles W of Tinian (15°02'N, 144°10'E). 55 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.08.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
     LtCdr Kawashima Mamoru (64)河島 守20.11.43–30.04.44
     *Lt Ata Yoshiro (65)阿多義広30.04.44–17.06.44
RO-115  呂115  ロ115  
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#406): 1941
   Laid Down: 12.10.1942
   Launched: 19.06.1943
   Completed: 30.11.1943
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 30.11.43–10.03.44
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, 6th Fleet 10.03.44–15.08.44
     8th SubRon, 6th Fleet 15.08.44–20.02.45
     DessDiv 34, 6th Fleet 20.02.45–10.05.45
Fate:  Sunk 31.01.45 at 00:15 by USS Ulvert M Moore (DE-442) 125 miles SW of Manila (13°20'N, 119°20'E). 59 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.05.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     Lt Koreeda Sadayoshi (64)是枝貞義30.11.43–04.08.44
     *Lt Takema Chuzo (65)竹間忠三05.08.44–31.01.45
RO-116  呂116  ロ116  
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#407): 1941
   Laid Down: 16.01.1943
   Launched: 13.09.1943
   Completed: 21.01.1944
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 21.01.44–04.05.44
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, 6th Fleet 04.05.44–10.08.44
Fate:  Sunk 24.05.44 by USS England (DE-635) N of Admiralty Islands (00°53'N, 149°14'E). 56 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.08.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
     *LtCdr Okabe Takeshi (63)岡部 猛21.01.44–24.05.44
RO-117  呂117  ロ117  
   Type (Class): KS (RO-100)  
   Builder: Kawasaki Shipbuilding Co, Kobe  
   Ordered under the 4th Replacement Program (#408): 1941
   Laid Down: 16.01.1943
   Launched: 13.09.1943
   Completed: 31.01.1944
   Service:  
     11th SubRon, 6th Fleet 31.01.44–14.05.44
     SubDiv 51, 7th SubRon, 6th Fleet 14.05.44–10.08.44
Fate:  Sunk 24.06.44 by US aircraft 350 miles SE of Saipan (11°50'N, 150°31'E). 55 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.08.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
     *LtCdr Enomoto Yasuo (63)榎本泰夫20.12.43–24.06.44
RO-500  呂500  ロ500  
   Class: IX–C  
   Builder: DeutscheWerft AG, Hamburg  
   Ordered: 20.10.1939
   Laid Down: 21.02.1941
   Launched: 22.09.1941
   Completed as Kriegsmarine U-511: 08.12.1941
   Service:  
     German Navy 08.12.41–01.09.43
     Sold to Japan and commissioned as RO-500: 16.09.1943
     Kure ND  16.09.43–03.12.43
     6th Fleet 03.12.43–20.05.44
     SubDiv 33, Kure SubRon, Kure ND 20.05.44–01.07.44
     Kure ND 01.07.44–01.11.44
     Otake Submarine School 01.11.44–05.05.45
     51st Squadron, Maizuru ND 05.05.45–30.11.45
Fate:  02.09.45 surrendered. Scuttled 30.04.46 in Wakasa Gulf.
   Removed from Navy List 30.11.1945
   Commanding Officers:  
     German Lt Friedrich Steinhoff 08.12.41–17.12.42
     German Lt Fritz Schneewind 18.12.42–15.09.43
     LtCdr Taoka Kiyoshi (55)田岡 清16.09.43–03.12.43
     Lt Uesugi Sadao (65)上杉貞夫03.12.43–31.01.44
     Lt Yamazaki Toshio (67)山崎俊夫31.01.44–30.04.44
     Lt Shiizuka Mitsuo (66)椎塚三夫30.04.44–05.07.44
     Lt Yamamoto Hiroo [?] (66)山本寛雄05.07.44–15.09.44
     Lt Yamamoto Yasuhisa (67)山本康久15.09.44–30.11.45
RO-501  呂501  ロ501  
   Class: Type IX–C.40  
   Builder: Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg
   Ordered: 1941
   Laid Down: 30.11.1942
   Launched: 07.07.1943
   Completed as Kriegsmarine U-1224: 20.10.1943
   Service:  
     German Navy 20.10.43–15.02.44
     Sold to Japan: 15.02.1944
     Commissioned as RO-501: 28.02.1944
     8th SubRon, Combined Fleet 15.02.44–10.10.44
Fate:  Sunk 13.05.44 by USS Francis M Robinson (DE-220) 500 miles W of Cape Verde Islands (18°08'N, 33°13W). 52 dead; 0 saved.
   Removed from Navy List 10.10.1944
   Commanding Officers:  
     German Lt Georg Preuss 20.10.43–15.02.44
     *LtCdr Norita Sadatoshi (57)乗田貞敏15.02.44–13.05.44
 

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