Russian diesel-electric cruise-missile submarine K-85 1961-1977 and B-124 1977-1999

Project 659/NATO Echo I-class in SSN configuration. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Project 651/NATO Juliett-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Project 651 named by NATO Juliett-class preceded by Echo-class succeeded by Charlie-class. Designed in end 1950s by a team with as chairman Abram Samuilovich Kassatsier. Building planned of 35 boats but 19 were cancelled and 16 completed. Laid down by Baltic Shipyard, Leningrad, Russia on 25 October 1961, launched on 31 January 1964, commissioned on 30 December 1964, renamed B-124 on 25 July 1977, decommissioned on 30 June 1993 to be broken up between 1998-1999.

Sources

Breyer, S. and N. Polmar. Guide to the Soviet Navy, 2nd edition.

Jordan, J. Soviet submarines 1945 to the present.

Kouznetsov, N. La Marine sovietique en guerre 1941-1945.

Pavlov, A.S. Warships of the USSR and Russia 1945-1995.

Polmar N. and J. Noot. Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies 1718-1990.

Schulz-Troge, U. Die sowjetische Kriegsmarine.

Jane’s Fighting Ships several editions.

Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Russian Ships Info dated 12 April 2026 19:46 o’clock.

Juliett-class dated 5 May 2026 10:05 o’clock

Several French warships left harbor of Casablanca, French Morocco according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

Richelieu-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Jean Bart. Original postcard

An item reported that air reconnaissance of Casablanca, French Morocco pointed out that 6 French submarines and 2 destroyers left the harbor for patrolling and in the harbor were lying the battleship Jean Bart (1) together with 1-6” [light) cruiser and 8-10 destroyers. In the night of 5 July departed 7 submarines.

Note

1. Part of Richelieu-class fast battleships preceded by Dunkerque-class succeeded by the planned but not realized Alsace-class. Laid down on 12 December 1936, launched on 6 March 1940, commissioned on 8 January 1949, out of service on 1 August 1957, stricken on 10 February 1970 and broken up. On 22 February 1945 was decided to complete although in July was discussed as a battleship or as an aircraft carrier. On 21 September it became clear that completing as an aircraft carrier would cost 5 milliard Francs and five years delay in completition. She was able to carry 40 aircraft with 14 extra slung from the hangar deckhead. The armament consisted of 8x2-13cm anti aircraft guns, as a battleship 2x4-38cm/15” guns.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42. 

British cargo ship Planter lost according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 64 of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 14-21 November 1940

An item reported the loss on 16 November of the British cargo ship Planter, tonnage 5,887 tons, loaded with general stores. Torpedoed and sunk by a submarine on the position 30 miles north of the Bloody Foreland(1). Of the crew were 50 men saved. Not part of a convoy.

Note

1. The Bloody Foreland or Cnoc Fola is a red colored headland in County Donegal along the Atlantic Ocean, Ireland near the Parish of Gweedore.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-13-37. 

Italian sailing ship Suigi lost in 1917

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 27 May due to submarine attack on the location 39.14 north 55.1 East. Tonnage 137 tons.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

Russian diesel-electric cruise-missile submarine K-77 1963-1077 and B-77 1977-2009

Project 659/NATO Echo I-class in SSN configuration. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Project 651/NATO Juliett-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Project 651 named by NATO Juliett-class preceded by Echo-class succeeded by Charlie-class. Designed in end 1950s by a team with as chairman Abram Samuilovich Kassatsier. Building planned of 35 boats but 19 were cancelled and 16 completed. Laid down by Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard No. 112, Gorky on 31 January 1963, launched on 11 March 1965, commissioned on 31 October 1965, renamed B-77 in 1977, stricken in 1994, sunk in 2007, refloated in 2008 and sold to be broken up in August 2009.

Sources

Breyer, S. and N. Polmar. Guide to the Soviet Navy, 2nd edition.

Jordan, J. Soviet submarines 1945 to the present.

Kouznetsov, N. La Marine sovietique en guerre 1941-1945.

Pavlov, A.S. Warships of the USSR and Russia 1945-1995.

Polmar N. and J. Noot. Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies 1718-1990.

Schulz-Troge, U. Die sowjetische Kriegsmarine.

Jane’s Fighting Ships several editions.

Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Russian Ships Info dated 12 April 2026 19:46 o’clock.

Juliett-class dated 5 May 2026 10:05 o’clock

Japanese light aircraft carrier Zuiho 1935-1944

Zuiho©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Appearance around 1940

Part of Zuiho or S-class designed as submarine tender which could be converted into either a light aircraft carrier or a fleet oiler if needed. Laid down as the submarine support ship Takasaki by Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 20 June 1935, launched on 19 June 1936, conversion into a carrier begun, renamedon 15 December 1940, commissioned on 27 December 1940, in the meantime renamed Zuiho and finally sunk in the Battle of Engano during an Allied air attack on 15 October 1944.

Russian nuclear attack submarine K-463 1974-1990

Project 705 Lira/NATO: Alfa-I class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Project 945 Barrakuda/NATO: Sierra-class I©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Project 971 Shchuka-B/NATO: /Akula ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of the Project 705 Lira/NATO: Alfa-I class, preceded by Victor-class succeeded by Project 945 Barrakuda and Project 945A Kondor/NATO: Sierra-class I and II and Akula-class. Laid down by Admiralty (Sudomekh), Leningrad [St. Petersburg], Russia on 26 June 1975, launched on 30 March 1981, commissioned on 30 December 1981 and decommissioned on 19 April 1990.

Sources

Breemer, Jan. Soviet submarines. Design, Development and Tactics, 1989

Breyer, S. and N. Polmar. Guide to the Soviet Navy, 2nd edition.

Jordan, J. Soviet submarines 1945 to the present.

Kouznetsov, N. La Marine sovietique en guerre 1941-1945.

Pavlov, A.S. Warships of the USSR and Russia 1945-1995.

Polmar N. and J. Noot. Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies 1718-1990.

Schulz-Troge, U. Die sowjetische Kriegsmarine.

Jane’s Fighting Ships several editions.

Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Sierra-class dated 11 April 2026 15:53 o’clock

Russian ships info dated 12 April 2026 19:46 o’clock. 

Japanese cargo ship Kahoku Maru 1931-1943

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Similar Kanan Maru and Kahoku Maru. Call sign JKUA. Built by Mitsubishi Zosen Kaisho Ltd., Nagasaki, Japan in June 1931, requisitioned by the navy in September 1941, converted into an auxiliary gunboat, modified in December 1942 into a special transport and sunk by an American submarine in June 1944.

Gross tonnage 3,311 tons, under deck 2.798 tons, net tonnage 2,006 and as dimensions 336.6x 48.5 x 24.0 x 7 (light)-20 (loaded) feet. Diesel propulsion. Single screw. Horsepower 389 nhp/ Oil bunker capacity 220 ton. Range 9,500 miles/11 knots and speed 11(normal cruising)-13.5 (maximum) knots. 

British cargo ship Clan Menzies 1938-1940

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Owner Clan Line Steamers Ltd., London England. Part of a sub-class of the Cameron-class ships with identical dimensions numbering 11 ships consisting of Clan Forbes, Clan Buchanan, Clan Cameron, Clan Campbell, Clan Chattan, Clan Cumming, Clan Ferguson, Clan Fraser, Clan Lamont, Clan Menzies, and HMS Engadine, the latter was to be named Clan Buchanan. Launched by Greenock Dockyard Co., River Clyde, Greenock, Scotland with yard number 433 on 15 June 1938, completed in September 1938 and torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U 99160 miles south west of Tory Island, Ireland on 29 July 1940. 

Japanese cargo ship (ex-Itiyo Maru, Ichiyo Maru) Tairai Maru -1945

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Sister ships Batavia Maru, Ganges Maru, Heimei Maru, Hiburi Maru, Hokuryu Maru, Indus Maru, Kairyu Maru, Surabaya Maru, Kayo Maru, Meiko Maru, Tonan Maru, Tosei Maru and Yamato Maru. Call sign JPWC. Built by Osaka Iron Works Ld., Innoshima, Japan in October 1925, requisitioned by navy. Sunk by American submarine USS Spadefish (SS-411) in the Yellow Sea of the Korean west coast on 4 February 1945. Gross tonnage 4,274 tons, under deck 3,677 tons, netto tonnage 2,659 tons and as dimensions 345.0 x 49.8 x 28.1 x 7.6 (light)-24 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, horsepower 390 nhp, coal bunker capacity 1,200 tons, range 9,600 nautical miles/10 knots and speed 10 (normal cruising)-12 (maximum) knots. 

British cargo ship Fausang 1921-1942 (Fusei Maru 1942-1943)

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Call sign VPDR. Homeport Hong Kong. Owner in 1939 Indo China Steam Navigation Company, London, England. Launched by Dunlop, Bremner&Co. Ltd., Inch Yard, Port Glasgow, Scotland with yard number 345 on 18 November 1921, scuttled at Hong Kong on 25 December 1934, salvaged by Japanese, in Japanese government service since August 1942 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Seawolf around 50 miles south west of Danjo Gunto on 1 September 1943. Gross tonnage 2,256 tons, under deck 1,861 tons, netto tonnage 1,23 tons, deadweight 3,083 tons and as dimensions 285.0 x 42.6 x 20.0 x 20 (loaded) feet. Coal-fuelled reciprocating propulsion, single screw and speed 11.5 (normal cruising)-13 (maximum) knots. 

American tanker ss Emidio lost according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 22 December 1941

Naval History and Heritage Command

An item referred to the Western Defense Command reporting that 32 survivors in 2 life boats of the ss Emidio were saved. Her master stated that on 20 December 1:35 PST a enemy submarine first shelled his ship and that she then was hit by a torpedo astern. The Emidio was abandoned by 3 of the 5 lowered lifeboats were destroyed with gunfire by the submarine. The Emidio was last seen afloat but low in the water. The J.I.C. commented that the USN was ordered to sent ships for searching for survivors and if possible salvaging.(1)

Note

1. Ex-Hammac 1921-1923. Ordered on 30 April 1918, laid down with yard number 5274 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Potreto on 30 November 1920, launched on 25 May 1921, completed in July 1921. Of Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. Torpedoed by a Japanese submarine on 20 December 1941. Broken up on the rocks off Crescent City. Her bow was salvaged in 1950.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 12 dated 22 December 1941.

Italian sailing ship Valsesia lost in 1916

According to a list of the Italian Department for transport over sea and by rail was she lost on 20 May 1916 due to unknown on the location 15 miles off Punto Bion. Tonnage 247 tons. The Dutch newspaper De Tijd dated 7 June 1916 published an item dated London, England 6 June reporting that according to Lloyd was sunk by a submarine while underway from Licata, Sicilia to Marseille, France loaded with sulphur.

Source

Bundesarchiv RM 20/728.

Japanese destroyer (ex-Dai-7 1922-1928) Matsukaze 1928-1944

Wakatake-class. Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Kamikaze-class. Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Mutsuki-class. Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Kamikaze-class (some times referred to as Kiyokaze-class) preceded by Wakatake-class succeeded by Mutsuki-class, 27 planned, 9 completed and 18 cancelled. By some experts consided to be a modified Minekaze-class destroyer. Laid down by Maizuru Naval Arsenal as Dai-7 on 2 December 1922, launched on 30 October 1923, completed on 5 April 1924, renamed Matsukaze on 1 August 1928, torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Swordfish 70 miles north east of Chichijma, Ogasawara Islands on 9 June 1944 and stricken on 10 August 1944. 

Japanese cargo ship (ex-Etna Maru 1919-1929) Taibun Maru 1929-1943

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Call sign JEND. Sister ships Argun Maru and Taibun Maru. Laid down by Osaka Iron Works Ld., Osaka, Japan in end 1919, launched in 1920, completed in May 1920, requisitioned by the army became Allotted JJA No. 382 on 27 November 1941, returned to owners and served as merchant ship again on 17 July 1942 and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Halibut (SS-232) off Cape Choshi on 30 August 1943. Gross tonnage 6,581tons, under deck 6,111 tons, net tonnage 4,099 tons, deadweight 10,80 tons and as dimensions 415.0 x 55.5 x 34.6 x 8.6 (light)-28 (loaded) feet. Reciprocating propulsion, single screw, 552 nhp, coal bunker capacity 1,400 tons, range 10,000 nautical miles/9.5 knots and speed 9.5 (normal cruising)1.3 (maximum)knots. 

USA Asiatic division ordered to be present at the carnival at Manila, Philippines accordig to the Dutch newspaper De Preanger-bode dated 11 February 1915

Litho made in 1893. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

An item reported that that the Asiatic division of the US Navy was ordered to be present during the carnival at Manila, Philippines. The protected cruisers USS Cincinnati (Cincinati-class) and Galveston(Denver-class) and the destroyers Dale, Bainbridge, Chauncey and Decatur were already there lying in the Bay and to wait for the end of the carnival. The flagship armored cruiser USS Saratoga (ex-New York 1891-1917, later Rochester 1917-1938) departed some weeks earlier to the Chinese waters. The monitors USS Monadnock and Monterey, submarine tender sloop Mohican and several gunboats, submarines and auxiliary ships arrived in the Philippine waters destined for the bay where a gunshot on the Wallace-field was to open the feasts.

Large Japanese naval force believed to be in the mid Pacific according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 12 December 1941

An item reported that since the attack on Pearl Harbor [7 December 1941] Japanese warships were regrouped into task forces and extensively shifted. It was believed that in the mid Pacific a force was present numbering 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 2 heavy and 5 light cruisers , 24 destroyers, 24 submarines and 2 submarine tenders.(1)

Note

1. Most ships probably earlier involved in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration) mr0422a. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 2 Dated 12 December 1941.

Japanese submarine active off Wake according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 16 December 1941

An item referred to the CO Wake reporting a Japanese submarine active in the vicinity.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration) mr0422a. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 6 Dated 16 December 1941.

Enemy submarines active off Californian Pacific coastline according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 21 December 1941

An item referred to the DIO 12th Naval District reporting that it was certain that enemy submarines were active off Blunts Reef and Santa Cruz, Pacific Ocean coastline, California, USA.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 11 dated 21 December 1941.

Japanese navy harrassing Allied shipping in Indian Ocean/Bay of Bengal according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 8 April 1942

An item reported that Japanese air and submarine attacks harrasssed the Allied merchant shipping in the Bay of Bengal. On 6 April were two Allied vessels bombed and sunk, three others abandoned by their crews and another five attacked by planes. The Japanese naval force operating north of latitude 20 seemed to include 3 battleships, 1 aircraft carrier and 1 cruiser. During air attack on Vizagapatan were harbor workshops and public utility installations damaged. On 6 April were two enemy submarines sighted around 400 nautical miles southwest of Colombo, Ceylon. On 70 nautical miles west of Colombo attacked a submarine using gunfire without succes a British merchant ship. The J.I.C. however believed that the Japanese naval force was much stronger numbering minimal 5 battleships, 2 or even more aircrfat carriers and smaller warships divided over at least 2 task forces. One task force operated in the area beteen latitudes 16° and 20° north of the Indian east coast and another force which attacked Colombo on 5 April. Some weeks ago searched thoroughly the area to the north and west of Midway Island looking for US warships. It was posible that unitis of the Screening Force were now active in the Indian Ocean.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 119 dated 8 April 1942.