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apbarog -> IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (5/15/2005 5:13:09 AM)

Which Japanese subs had additional(more than typical) minelaying capabilities?

My apologies for asking a question that I know has been asked at least several times. My forum searches have been unsuccessful.

I am starting my first PBEM as the Japanese and need to get the right subs moving in the right directions.



Halsey -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (5/15/2005 5:38:47 AM)

I think I-121 to 124.[;)]






mogami -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (5/15/2005 6:40:00 AM)

Hi, More
Imperial Japanese Navy Page
I-21,I-22,I-23,I-24
These four boats were the only Japanese submarines designed specifically for laying mines. They were based on the German U-125 obtained by Japan after the First World War. They had two mine tubes aft. In 1939 they were re-numbered I-121, I-122, I-123, and I-124, respectively. They had problems with longitudinal instability, and therefore proved unsatisfactory for laying mines. In 1940, they were modified to carry gasoline for refueling seaplanes and flying boats. I-124 was lost off Darwin to destroyer USS Edsall on 20 January 1942, and I-123 was lost 29 August 1942 to minesweeper USS Gamble near Guadalcanal. The two remaining boats were converted to training duties, but I-122 was sunk by submarine USS Skate in the Sea of Japan on 10 June, 1945.

Erminio Bagnasco's "Submarines of World War Two" credits these four boats with sinking five Allied ships of 20,009 GRT.






Halsey -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (5/15/2005 4:37:19 PM)

Geez Mog!
The guy asked what time it was. He didn't want to know how to build a clock.[:D]



mogami -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (5/15/2005 4:46:04 PM)

Hi, Sorry for me a lot of the fun of Wargames is learning as much history as I can.



Speedysteve -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (5/15/2005 5:05:41 PM)

LOL [:D]



Halsey -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (5/15/2005 5:16:45 PM)

[:D][:D][:D]

We've got to find you a woman.[;)]



Terminus -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (5/15/2005 5:18:13 PM)

If we could find women, would we be here?[:D][:D]



mogami -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (5/15/2005 5:18:21 PM)

Hi, If she plays wargames, brews beer, and likes motorcycles.



Halsey -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (5/15/2005 5:20:25 PM)

There is no such thing as a perfect woman.[:D]

If you find one like that, introduce me to her mother.[:D]



apbarog -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (5/15/2005 7:18:55 PM)

Thanks Halsey and Mogami. I appreciate the info and the details also.



Caltone -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (5/15/2005 10:36:18 PM)

Also note that in the long campaign, those subs begin with mines loaded. If you want to deploy those before you return to port, just change the TF from Sub Patrol to Sub Minelaying.

I love my wife but her idea of a great computer game is Bejeweled or one of those word search games at MSN[:D] In 24 years, I'm still unable to get her to look at a good wargame or sim



Charles2222 -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (5/16/2005 6:44:40 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Caltone

Also note that in the long campaign, those subs begin with mines loaded. If you want to deploy those before you return to port, just change the TF from Sub Patrol to Sub Minelaying.

I love my wife but her idea of a great computer game is Bejeweled or one of those word search games at MSN[:D] In 24 years, I'm still unable to get her to look at a good wargame or sim


They may not start off in the sub patrol mode. I went straight to an Allied port with one and they deployed. I'm pretty sure I didn't have to change the role.



Speedysteve -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (5/16/2005 6:19:32 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Halsey

There is no such thing as a perfect woman.[:D]

If you find one like that, introduce me to her mother.[:D]


Quite true I thought I had found the perfect woman. How rudely I was woken up [;)]



BraveHome -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (5/16/2005 9:50:41 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Halsey

There is no such thing as a perfect woman.[:D]

If you find one like that, introduce me to her mother.[:D]


She that was ever fair, and never proud,
Had tongue at will, and yet was never loud
She that could think, and ne’er disclose her mind,
See suitors following, and not look behind.
She was a wight, if ever such wight were—
To suckle fools and chronicle small beer. (Shakespeare)



Roarck -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (5/16/2005 10:31:07 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

If we could find women, would we be here?[:D][:D]


Hmmm, well..... Seems to me like this is more of a way to escape from a woman! Least in my case that's how it seems.



Terminus -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (5/16/2005 10:32:09 PM)

THERE IS NO ESCAPE!!! COME TO THE DARK SIDE!!!



SgtSwanson -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (6/15/2005 12:38:29 PM)

[sm=00000036.gif][sm=00000106.gif] You heard the man...shoot him NOW!! [:'(][:'(]



Freedom205 -> RE: IJN Sub Minelaying Capability (6/17/2005 5:03:49 AM)

I-121-124. make a point of not losing these puppies



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