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1st fleet a component of the combined fleet 2 the division was reassigned to the yokosuka defense division in the yokosuka naval district on 1 october 1931 2 but it began another tour of duty in submarine squadron 1 in the 1st fleet on 1 december 1931 2 it completed this assignment on 1 october 1932 and again was assigned to the yokosuka defense division in the yokosuka naval district 2 then returned to submarine squadron 1 in the 1st fleet for a third time on 15 november 1933 2 the german naval attaché to japan kapitän zur see paul wenneker toured i 2 between 14 50 and 15 40 on 10 january 1935 while she was tied up at yokosuka 3 i 2 got underway from sasebo japan in company with the other vessels of submarine squadron 1 i 1 and i 3 of submarine division 7 and i 4 i 5 and i 6 of submarine division 8 for a training cruise in chinese waters on 29 march 1935 2 4 5 6 7 8 the six submarines concluded the cruise with their return to sasebo on 4 april 1935 2 4 5 6 7 8 on 1 october 1935 i 2 again was decommissioned and placed in reserve to undergo reconstruction 3 and on 15 november 1935 her division was reassigned to the yokosuka defense squadron in the yokosuka naval district 2 while i 2 was out of commission her american made k tube sonar was replaced by a sonar system manufactured in japan and her conning tower was streamlined 3 submarine division 7 returned to duty with submarine squadron 1 in the 1st fleet on 20 january 1936 2 and after her reconstruction was complete i 2 was recommissioned on 1 december 1936 3 and rejoined the division on 27 march 1937 i 2 departed sasebo in company with i 1 i 3 i 4 i 5 and i 6 for training in the vicinity of qingdao china 2 4 5 6 7 8 3 the six submarines concluded the training cruise with their arrival at ariake bay on 6 april 1937 2 4 5 6 7 8 second sino japanese war edit on 7 july 1937 the first day of the marco polo bridge incident took place beginning the second sino japanese war 3 on 28 july 1937 i 2 s division submarine division 7 was assigned to submarine squadron 1 in the 1st fleet 3 and in september 1937 submarine squadron 1 was reassigned to the 3rd fleet 9 which in turn was subordinated to the china area fleet for service in chinese waters 9 the squadron consisting of i 2 her division mate i 1 and the submarines i 3 i 4 i 5 and i 6 9 deployed to a base at hong kong with the submarine tenders chōgei and taigei in september 1937 9 from hong kong the submarines began operations in support of a japanese blockade of china and patrols of china s central and southern coast 9 from 20 2 or 21 3 sources disagree to 23 august 1937 all six submarines of submarine squadron 1 operated in the east china sea as distant cover for an operation in which the battleships nagato mutsu haruna and kirishima and the light cruiser isuzu ferried troops from tadotsu japan to shanghai china 3 submarine squadron 1 was based at hong kong until the autumn of 1938 9 in an effort to reduce international tensions over the conflict in china japan withdrew its submarines from chinese waters in december 1938 9 1938 1941 edit submarine division 7 was reassigned to the submarine school at kure japan on 15 december 1938 2 and was reduced to the third reserve in the yokosuka naval district on 15 november 1939 2 while in reserve i 2 on 20 november 1939 began a refit during which impulse tanks were installed on her type 15 torpedo tubes her collapsible radio masts were removed and a long range very low frequency receiver 3 meanwhile submarine division 7 returned to active service when it was assigned to submarine squadron 2 in the 6th fleet a component of the combined fleet on 15 november 1940 2 3 after completion of her refit i 2 was recommissioned on 31 july 1941 2 3 and rejoined her division on 10 november 1941 the commander of the 6th fleet vice admiral mitsumi shimizu gathered the commanding officers of the fleet s submarines together for a meeting aboard his flagship the light cruiser katori anchored in saeki bay and his chief of staff briefed them on the upcoming attack on pearl harbor which would bring japan and the united states into world war ii 3 as the imperial japanese navy began to deploy for the upcoming conflict in the pacific i 2 got underway from yokosuka at 12 00 on 16 november 1941 bound for the hawaiian islands 3 by 1 december 1941 she was within 300 nautical miles 560 km 350 mi of oahu 3 world war ii edit first war patrol edit on 7 december 1941 i 2 arrived in her patrol area in the kauai channel between oahu and kauai with orders to attack any ships which sortied from pearl harbor during or after the attack which occurred that morning 3 on 27 december 1941 she received an order from the commander of submarine squadron 2 aboard the submarine i 7 to bombard the harbor at kahului maui on 30 december 3 i 2 arrived off kahului during daylight hours on 30 december 1941 and conducted a periscope reconnaissance of the harbor noting a small merchant ship moored at the pier 3 after dark she surfaced and fired ten 140 millimeter 5 5 in high explosive rounds from her deck guns at the ship but most fell short and some went wide in the direction of puʻunene 3 on 9 january 1942 i 2 was ordered to divert from her patrol and search for the united states navy aircraft carrier uss lexington cv 2 which the submarine i 18 had sighted 3 but she did not find lexington she arrived at kwajalein in company with i 1 and i 3 on 22 january 1942 3 the three submarines departed kwajalein on 24 january 1942 bound for yokosuka which i 2 reached on 1 february 1942 3 second war patrol edit while i 2 was at yokosuka submarine squadron 2 consisting of i 1 i 2 i 3 i 4 i 6 and i 7 was assigned to the dutch east indies invasion force 3 accordingly i 2 departed yokosuka on 12 february 1942 bound for palau where she arrived on 16 february 1942 and refueled from the oiler fujisan maru then got back underway on 17 february in company with i 3 bound for the netherlands east indies 3 the two submarines arrived at staring bay on the southeast peninsula of celebes just southeast of kendari on 22 february 1942 3 then put back to sea that same afternoon heading for the indian ocean off the southwest coast of australia beginning i 2 s second war patrol 3 on 1 march 1942 i 2 was in the indian ocean south of bali when she attacked two unidentified allied steamships at 20 03 greenwich mean time claiming one of them sunk 3 one source identifies the sunken ship as the dutch 1 172 gross register ton merchant ship parigi sunk west of freemantle australia 2 at 00 58 on 2 march 1942 she unsuccessfully attacked another allied steamer probably the dutch merchant ship generaal verspijck 3 on 11 march 1942 i 2 sighted the british 4 360 gross register ton armed cargo ship chilka which was nearing the end of a voyage from calcutta india to padang sumatra in the indian ocean off western sumatra 60 nautical miles 110 km 69 mi south of padang at 00 23 s 095 41 e 0 383 s 95 683 e 0 383 95 683 2 3 i 2 surfaced on chilka s port quarter and opened fire with both of her 140 millimeter 5 5 in deck guns 3 chilka fired back with her only gun but over the next 25 minutes suffered 14 hits which killed three officers three lascars and a gunner 3 after i 2 knocked out chilka s gun chilka stopped her engines and surrendered 3 i 2 ceased fire and allowed chilka s survivors to abandon ship 3 chilka sank at 00 30 s 095 50 e 0 500 s 95 833 e 0 500 95 833 chilka 3 i 2 concluded her patrol with her arrival at penang in japanese occupied british malaya on 14 march 1942 3 indian ocean raid edit orders arrived from the headquarters of the combined fleet for all the submarines of submarine squadron 2 except for i 1 to conduct reconnaissance operations along the coast of ceylon and western coast of india in preparation for operation c the upcoming indian ocean raid by the aircraft carriers of the combined fleet s mobile force 3 accordingly i 2 departed penang at 12 00 on 22 march 1942 to reconnoiter trincomalee on the coast of ceylon 3 she arrived off ceylon on 31 march 1942 3 and reached a point 10 nautical miles 19 km 12 mi off trincomalee bay at 08 00 local time on 2 april 1942 but was unable to get any closer to the coast because of heavy patrolling by allied patrol boats sighting no enemy vessels except for the patrol boats 3 she transmitted her first weather report off trincomalee on 3 april 1942 3 at 06 31 on 4 april 1942 she reported her activities since her arrival on station at 31 march 1942 noting that she had sighted no enemy aircraft since her arrival 3 the following day carrier aircraft of the mobile force struck colombo ceylon 3 on 7 april 1942 i 2 reported sinking an unidentified merchant ship at 00 48 n 082 18 e 0 800 n 82 300 e 0 800 82 300 3 and she transmitted another weather report on 9 april 1942 3 later that day japanese carrier aircraft struck trincomalee 3 reassigned to the advanced force i 2 departed her patrol area on 10 april 1942 and proceeded to singapore which she reached on 15 april 1942 3 april may 1942 edit i 2 got underway from singapore on 21 april 1942 bound for japan where she arrived at yokosuka on 1 may 1942 to undergo a refit 3 during the refit shipyard workers replaced her 7 7 millimeter machine gun on her bridge with a 13 2 millimeter type 3 machine gun replaced her german made zeiss 3 metre 10 ft rangefinder with a japanese made type 97 rangefinder removed some of the armor protecting her torpedo storage compartment and installed an automatic trim system aboard her 3 third war patrol edit the aleutian islands campaign began on 3 4 june 1942 with a japanese air raid on dutch harbor alaska followed quickly by the unopposed japanese occupation in the aleutian islands of attu on 5 june and kiska on 7 june 1942 on 11 june 1942 i 2 set out for aleutian waters in company with i 1 i 3 i 6 and i 7 to begin her third war patrol 3 on 20 june 1942 i 1 i 2 and i 3 joined the k patrol line in the north pacific ocean between 48 n 178 w 48 n 178 w 48 178 and 50 n 178 w 50 n 178 w 50 178 3 refueling from the oiler teiyō maru on 24 june 1942 3 she remained on the patrol line until 3 july 1942 3 on 17 july 1942 she attacked an unidentified soviet merchant ship with gunfire 100 nautical miles 190 km 120 mi south of dutch harbor but a u s navy pby catalina flying boat drove her off 3 on 20 july 1942 she was reassigned to the advance force and ordered to return to japan 3 she arrived at yokosuka on 1 august 1942 and underwent repairs there 3 guadalcanal campaign edit while i 2 was at yokosuka the guadalcanal campaign began on 7 august 1942 with u s amphibious landings on guadalcanal tulagi florida island gavutu and tanambogo in the southeastern solomon islands 3 assigned to operations around guadalcanal i 2 left yokosuka on 8 september 1942 in company with i 1 i 3 i 4 and i 5 stopped at truk from 15 to 17 september 1942 and proceeded to shortland island in the shortland islands 3 while she was at sea she was reassigned along with i 1 and i 3 to the outer south seas force in the 8th fleet 3 on 26 september i 2 reached shortland island where the destroyers amagiri and ayanami had delivered four daihatsu class landing craft each loaded with a type 88 75 millimeter antiaircraft gun an artillery tractor and several type 96 150 millimeter infantry mortars 3 the commanding officers of i 2 and i 3 took part in a staff conference to decide on a way of delivering the equipment to the imperial japanese army forces on guadalcanal 3 and after they made their plans i 2 departed on a supply run to guadalcanal with i 3 at 03 30 on 27 september 1942 with both submarines towing a daihatsu 3 10 on 5 october 1942 she departed shortland island towing another daihatsu to guadalcanal but was diverted en route to bryce island where she arrived on 6 october at 05 00 unloaded the daihatsu and departed 3 she took part in a third supply run to guadalcanal on 7 october 1942 and made a fourth run towing a daihatsu on 9 october 1942 3 on 10 october 1942 i 2 was reassigned to the advance unit after sunset on 11 october 1942 she arrived off kamimbo bay on the northwest coast of guadalcanal and unloaded cargo then proceeded to a patrol area west of guadalcanal 3 she developed clutch problems and her air conditioning system broke down but she remained on patrol 3 operating in savo strait on 12 october 1942 in the immediate aftermath of the battle of cape esperance she sighted what she identified as an enemy cruiser possibly the destroyer uss mccalla dd 488 rescuing survivors after the battle at 21 00 and attempted an attack but could not get into a firing position 3 about 15 nautical miles 28 km 17 mi west of savo island she sighted an empty lifeboat and a drifting seaplane float 3 she returned to truk on 3 november 1942 3 and her crew began makeshift repairs there assisted by crewmen from urakami maru and hie maru 3 i 2 was assigned to the b patrol unit on 15 november 1942 3 on 16 november the commander of the 6th fleet vice admiral teruhisa komatsu addressed a meeting of the commanding officers of his fleet s submarines to inform them that the commander in chief of the combined fleet admiral isoroku yamamoto had ordered the 6th fleet to organize a system of supply runs to the 17th army forces fighting on guadalcanal 3 assigned to supply missions i 2 departed truk on 19 november 1942 bound for rabaul where she stopped from 22 to 24 november to pick up a daihatsu then proceeded to shortland island which she reached on 25 november 1942 3 she departed on 27 november towing the daihatsu and reached kamimbo bay on the coast of guadalcanal on 29 november 1942 3 she unloaded the daihatsu then scuttled it because it had developed engine problems during the voyage 3 she then got underway for shortland island which she reached on 2 december 1942 3 she embarked 17 passengers a combination of antiaircraft gunners and midget submarine maintenance personnel from the seaplane tender chiyoda and loaded 20 tons of food and ammunition and departed at 16 30 on 3 december 1942 3 she arrived at kamimbo bay after sunset on 5 december 1942 discharged her passengers and cargo took aboard sick and wounded personnel from naval units on guadalcanal and got underway at 23 00 returning to shortland island on 7 december 1942 3 on 9 december 1942 she set out on her seventh supply run to guadalcanal but received orders on 11 december to halt her supply operations because of the loss of i 3 off kamimbo bay on 9 december 1942 while on a supply mission 3 10 she aborted her voyage and returned to shortland island arriving there on 13 december 1942 3 after arriving she became the temporary flagship of her division 3 after embarking the commander of submarine division 7 i 2 left shortland island on 14 december 1942 bound for truk 3 at 13 21 that day the submarine uss wahoo ss 238 sighted i 2 on the surface off shortland at 06 30 s 156 09 e 6 500 s 156 150 e 6 500 156 150 in poor visibility amid 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