March 7, 1902 - Oita - Takakazu Kinashi is born
January(?) 1(?), 1920 - Graduates last in 255 cadets of Imperial Japanese Navy Academy
December 1(?), 1926 - Promoted to Sub-Lieutenant and assigned to destroyer "Harukaze"
January 1(?), 1927 - Transfers to the Japanese submarine forces
November 1(?), 1929 - Promoted to Lieutenant
December 1(?), 1937 - Promoted to Lieutenant Commander. Assigned to minelayer "Okinoshima"
January(?) 1(?), 1938 - Yokosuka - Kinashi get his first submarine command, the Ro-59 =(START)
February 1(?), 1940 - Yokosuka - Reassigned to the submarine Warfare School
July 26, 1940 - Yokosuka - Returns to Sea as captain of I-3
November 15, 1940 - Yokosuka - Assigned as captain of Ro-34
July 1, 1941 - Kobe, Sasebo - Kinashi is appointed commander of the I-62
November 26, 1941 - Sasebo - Departs Sasebo for Palau
December 5, 1941 - Samah, Hainan Island, China - Departs with I-64 for patrol
December 8, 1941 - Off Trengganu, South China Sea - I-62 forms a patrol line during the invasion of Malaya
December 27, 1941 - Camranh Bay, Indochina - Arrives to Cam Rahn Bay
January 7, 1942 - Camranh Bay, Indochina - Departs Cam Rahn Bay for the Indian Ocean
January 28, 1942 - West of Ceylon - Kinashi attacks a tanker but misses
January 31, 1942 - West of Colombo - Kinashi seriously damages a british oiler "Longwood"
February 3, 1942 - SW of Colombo - Kinashi damages the british armed tanker "Spondilus"
February 10, 1942 - Penang - Arrives at Penang
February 28, 1942 - Penang - Departs Penang for the Indian Ocean
March 10, 1942 - Indian Ocean - Kinashi sinks the british sailing ship "Lakshmi Govinda"
March 21, 1942 - South of Colombo - Kinashi damages a british motor tanker "San Cirilo"
March 22, 1942 - East to northern entrance to Palk Strait - Kinashi damages an unidentified cargo/passenger steamer
March 25, 1942 - Penang - Returns to Penang
April 2, 1942 - Penang - Departs Penang
April 12, 1942 - Sasebo - Arrives in Sasebo
May 18, 1942 - Sasebo - Departs Sasebo
May 20, 1942 - The I-62 is renumbered as I-162
May 24, 1942 - Kwajalein - Arrives at Kwajalein
May 26, 1942 - Kwajalein - Departs Kwajalein - operation "MI" (battle of Midway)
June 21, 1942 - Kwajalein - Returns to Kwajalein
June 24, 1942 - Kwajalein - Departs Kwajalein for Sasebo
July 1, 1942 - Sasebo - I-162 arrives to Sasebo
July 15, 1942 - Yokosuka - Kinashi is appointed commander of the I-19
August 15, 1942 - Yokosuka - Departs for the Solomons
August 23, 1942 - Off Truk(?) - I-19 is attacked in an area controled by the enemy. No damage
August 26, 1942 - 200 miles SE of Guadalcanal - I-19 detects entire american Task Force. Approach fails
August 28, 1942 - "Glen" floatplane reconnoiters Graciosa Bay on Ndeni Island - spots a destroyer
August 31, 1942 - Graciosa Bay, Ndeni Island - I-19 shells Graciosa Bay
September 15, 1942 - South of the Solomon Islands - The I-19 atacks and sinks the Aircraft carrier USS Wasp with 3 torpedos. 3 remaining torpedos sink the destroyer "O'Brien" and severely damage the battleship "North Carolina"
September 25, 1942 - Truk - Arrives at Truk
October 5, 1942 - Truk - Departs Truk for the New Caledônia
October 19, 1942 - Noumea Area - Looses "Glen" boatplane. Starts patrols in Noumea Area
November 1, 1942 - Noumea Area - Promoted to Commander and honored with an interview with Emperor Hirohito
November 12, 1942 - Noumea Area - Decides to return to Truk
November 16, 1942 - Truk - Returns to Truk
November 22, 1942 - Shortland - Departs for Guadalcanal in company of I-17
November 24, 1942 - Kamimbo Bay, Guadalcanal - I-19 and I-17 arrive to Kamimbo Bay
November 27, 1942 - Shortland - Returns to Shortland, then departs to Truk
November 30, 1942 - Truk - Arrives in Truk
December 22, 1942 - Delivers her cargo - packed in floating rubber containers
December 25, 1942 - Shortland - Arrives in Shortland
December 26, 1942 - Shortland - Departs Shortland, carrying floating rubber containers to be releaser underwater
December 30, 1942 - Kamimbo Bay, Guadalcanal - Arrives in Kamimbo Bay
January 1, 1943 - Shortland - Returns to Shortland
January 2, 1943 - Shortland - Departs Shortland on his 3rd supply run to Guadalcanal
January 4, 1943 - Guadalcanal - Delivers 15 tons of cargo
January 6, 1943 - Shortland - Returns to Shortland
January 7, 1943 - Shortland - Departs Shortland
January 9, 1943 - Guadalcanal - Delivers 12 tons of Cargo
January 11, 1943 - Shortland - Returns to Shortland
January 13, 1943 - Shortland - Departs Shortland for Truk
January 16, 1943 - Truk - Arrives at Truk
January 18, 1943 - Truk - Departs Truk for Yokosuka
January 25, 1943 - Yokosuka - Arrives at Yokosuka for an overhaul
March 24, 1943 - Yokosuka - Departs Yokosuka for Truk
March 30, 1943 - Truk - Arrives in Truk
April 4, 1943 - Truk - Departs Truk to raid enemy communications off New Hebrides-Fiji Islands
April 29, 1943 - East of Efate, New Hebrides - I-19 attacks the liberty ship "Peter Silvester" - torpedoes fail
April 30, 1943 - SE of Suva, Fiji - I-19 sinks liberty ship "Phoebe A. Hearst"
May 2, 1943 - near Suva, Fiji - Kinashi torpedoes liberty ship "William Williams" but choses not to give killer blow
May 16, 1943 - off Suva, Fiji - I-19 sinks american freighter "William K. Vanderbilt"
June 6, 1943 - Truk - Returns to Truk. Reassigned to the 1st submarine group
July 4, 1943 - Truk - Departs Truk to reconnoiter New Hebrides-Fiji Islands and raid enemy communications
July 15, 1943 - Espiritu Santo - Reconnoiters Luganville Harbor, spotting one carrier and two heavy cruisers there
July 20, 1943 - Fiji - Reconnaissance of Nandi Bay and Lauthala Bay, observing carriers and battleships
August 11, 1943 - Viti Levu Island, Fiji - Second reconnaissance of Lauthala Bay
August 13, 1943 - Off Fiji - I-19 torpedoes and damages liberty shio "M.H.DeYoung"
September 9, 1943 - Truk - Returns to Truk
October 10, 1943 - Kure - Kinashi becomes Captain of the I-29
November 5, 1943 - Kure - Departs Kure - Dispatched on a secret mission to exchange personnel, materials and goods with Germany
November 14, 1943 - Singapore - loaded with rubber, tungsten, tin, zinc, quinine, opium and coffee
December 5, 1943 - Singapore - Kinachi discusses conditions on the Atlantic with Uchino Shinji, just arrived from Brest
December 16, 1943 - Singapore - Departs Singapore in route to France
December 23, 1943 - Indian Ocean(?) - I-29 is refuelled by a small german suppy ship "Bogota"
January 8, 1944 - South of Madagascar - I-29 passes South of Madagascar. Possibly detected by allied inteligence codebreakers
January 16, 1944 - Cape of Good Hope - The I-29 crosses the Cape of Good Hope
February 12, 1944 - SW of Azores Islands - Rendezvous with Hans-Werner Offermann's U-518. I-29 takes aboard german technicians who install a new "Naxos" radar detector
February 13, 1944 - SW of Azores Islands - Rendezvous with Bruno Studt's U-488 "Milchkuh". Spotted by RAF but escapes
March 4, 1944 - Off Cape Finisterre - surfaced I-29 is iluminated by a patrol plane but escapes
March 9, 1944 - Bay of Biscay - Enters too early in the Bay of Biscay and is forced to spend the night at the bottom
March 10, 1944 - Off Cape Penas - I-29 is escorted by 5 Ju-88C and ships. Survive Mosquito and B-24 attack
March 11, 1944 - Lorient, France - The I-29 manages to reach Lorient. Berths next to Max Wintermeyer's U-190 in a Keroman Bunker
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| The germans offer Kinashi and his crew a banquet |
March(?) 25(?), 1944 - Berlin - Kinashi is awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class by Hitler for sinking "USS Wasp"
April 16, 1944 - Lorient - The I-29 leaves Lorient, with passengers, engines, blueprints, enigma coding machines, radar componentes
June 11, 1944 - South Atlantic - I-29 and I-52 (enroute to Lorient) cross each other
June 29, 1944 - Indian Ocean - the I-29 enters the Indian Ocean
July 13, 1944 - Off Sabang - Strait of Malacca - Rendezvous with 2 "Betty" air escorts
July 14, 1944 - Singapore - The I-29 reaches Singapore.
July 20, 1944 - Singapore - Radio message with itinerary from I-29 deciphred by the americans
July 22, 1944 - Singapore - Departs Singapore for Kure
July 25, 1944 - ? - I-29 reports sighting an enemy submarine
July 26, 1944 - Balintang Channel, Luzón Strait - During the evening, the I-29 is hit by 3 torpedos fired by USS Sawfish. Sinks immediatly =(END)
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