SENSUIKAN!
IJN Submarine HA-102:
Tabular Record of Movement
© 2006-2015 Bob Hackett & Sander Kingsepp
Revision 1
8 June 1944:
Kobe. Laid down at Mitsubishi’s Shipyard as a
Sensuikan Yu Sho (Small Supply Submarine) No. 4602, (SS) Type.
22 August 1944:
Launched and numbered HA-102.
Transferred to Kawasaki Kobe Yard.
6 December 1944:
Completed and commissioned in the IJN. Assigned to
SubRon 11 for working up. Lt Matsumoto Yoshito (69)(former torpedo officer of
AMATSUKAZE) is the Commanding Officer.
Mid-January 1945:
Inland Sea. Works up in Iyo Nada Sea with HA-101
and HA-104.
10 February 1945:
Reassigned to Rear Admiral Owada Noboru's SubRon 7,
Sixth Fleet.
Mid-February 1945:
Departs Yokosuka for a series of exercises with
HA-101.
20 Mar 1945:
SubRon 7 is disbanded. Reassigned to Rear Admiral
Imaizumi Yoshijiro's (former CO of SANTOS MARU) SubDiv 16, Sixth Fleet.
5 April 1945:
Departs Yokosuka for a supply run to Minami-Torishima
(Marcus) Island.
Mid-April 1945:
Arrives at Minami-Torishima, unloads her cargo and
departs.
Late April 1945:
Returns to Yokosuka.
Late June 1945:
Departs Yokosuka for her second supply run to
Minami-Torishima.
7 July 1945:
Arrives at Minami-Torishima, unloads her cargo and
departs.
16 July 1945:
Returns to Yokosuka. Starts a rebuild to enable her to
carry aviation fuel.
2 September 1945:
Surrenders at Yokosuka.
15 September 1945:
Removed from the Navy List.
October 1945:
Tokyo. Scrapped at Uraga Dockyard.
Authors' Notes:
[1] Sources conflict on HA-102's fate. Some sources claim
she was scuttled.
Special thanks for help in preparing this TROM go to Dr. Higuchi
Tatsuhiro of Japan.
– Bob Hackett and Sander Kingsepp.
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