Japanese naval actions against South America?

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Japanese naval actions against South America?

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Post by aftershock2222 » 27 Jul 2003, 05:31

Does any one know if there were any Japanese naval actions or incursions against Central and South American countries during the war?

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Post by daveh » 27 Jul 2003, 12:28

Jap submarine attacks:

I 10 10/12/41 Panama vessel Donerail

I 21 12/6/42 Panama vessel Guatemala


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Post by Cantankerous » 16 Aug 2020, 21:18

daveh wrote:
27 Jul 2003, 12:28
Jap submarine attacks:

I 10 10/12/41 Panama vessel Donerail

I 21 12/6/42 Panama vessel Guatemala
I remember the I-400 was intended to attack the Panama canal with 10 planes. The I-19 submarine was used to sink not only the Donerail but also another Panamian merchant ship, the Atlantic Gulf, on June 6, 1942. The I-21 submarine sank the Guatemala off New South Wales on June 12. However, the locations where these merchant ships were attacked makes clear the Imperial Japanese Navy didn't attack South America.

Links:
https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?50148
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_A_submarine
http://www.usmm.org/donerail.html

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Post by Andy H » 16 Aug 2020, 21:41

daveh wrote:
27 Jul 2003, 12:28
Jap submarine attacks:

I 10 10/12/41 Panama vessel Donerail

I 21 12/6/42 Panama vessel Guatemala
Hi daveh

The Guatemala was sunk off the Australian coast at Cape Three Points, north of Sydney

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Post by Sid Guttridge » 17 Aug 2020, 00:18

Hi aftershock2222,

I looked at this some years ago.

Virtually the only shipping lanes on the planet where convoys were not introduced were those off the West coast of South America. The reason was the lack of a significant threat.

Indeed, when the U-Boat campaign against the Americas began in early 1942, some shipping was diverted via Cape Horn up the West coast of South America to avoid it.

The only transitory threat was from the very occasional German auxiliary merchant cruiser. One sank two or three vessels near the Galapagos, if I remember correctly.

Cheers,

Sid.

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