Attack on Sydney Harbour
Part of World War II, Pacific War
June 1, 1942. A Japanese Ko-hyoteki class midget submarine, believed to be Midget No. 14, is raised from Sydney Harbour. (Photograph by Ronald Noel Keam.)
Date: May 31-June 8, 1942 Location: Sydney Harbour, Sydney, Australia Result: Japanese moral victory
Combatants
Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands.	Japan
Commanders
Gerard Muirhead-Gould	Hankyu Sasaki
Strength
Two heavy cruisers, one light cruiser, two armed merchant cruisers, three destroyers, two corvettes, one submarine, two anti-submarine vessels and six channel patrol boats.	five submarines, three midget submarines
Casualties
22 dead; one depot ship sunk; one fighter plane lost due to mechanical failure.	six dead; three midget submarines and two spotter planes lost.

In late May and early June, 1942, a group of five Imperial Japanese Navy submarines made a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia and the nearby port of Newcastle. These attacks are one of the best known examples of Axis naval activity in Australian waters during World War II. On the night of May 31-June 1, the submarines launched three Ko-hyoteki class midget submarines against Allied shipping in Sydney Harbour. A torpedo exploded under a small Royal Australian Navy (RAN) depot ship HMAS Kuttabul, killing 21 people. On June 8, two of the submarines shelled Sydney and Newcastle, with little effect. Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... 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The forces

On May 18, the submarines I-22, I-24 and I-27 left the major naval base at Truk Lagoon, in the Japanese territory of the Caroline Islands. Each was carrying a midget submarine. They later made a rendezvous with two other submarines, I-21, I-29 and 56 kilometres (35 miles) off Sydney. The submarine group, known as the Eastern Advanced Detachment, was commanded by Captain Hankyu Sasaki. Its main mission was reconnaissance, although it was planned that any "major enemy warships" sighted would be attacked with the midgets. Map of Chuuk State Map of Chuuk Islands A view of Chuuk Chuuk is an island group that comprises one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), along with Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap. ... Sunset at Colonia on Yap The Caroline Islands form a large archipelago of widely scattered islands in the western Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Guinea. ... I-29, code-named Matsu (松, Japanese for pine tree), was a B1 type submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy used during World War II on two secret missions with Germany, during one of which she was sunk. ... Captain is both a nautical term and a rank in various uniformed organizations. ...

The Allied Naval Officer in Charge, Sydney, was a British Rear Admiral, Gerard Muirhead-Gould. Vessels in port included: the U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Chicago, the destroyers USS Perkins and USS Dobbin, the minelayer HMAS Bungaree and the Royal Indian Navy minesweeper HMIS Bombay, all in Man-of-War Anchorage; the heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra in Farm Cove; the armed merchant cruisers HMAS Kanimbla and HMAS Westralia in Neutral Bay; the ageing light cruiser HMAS Adelaide on the west side of Garden Island; and the corvettes HMAS Whyalla and HMAS Geelong on the north-west corner of Garden Island, and; the Royal Netherlands Navy submarine K-IX and the converted suburban ferry Kuttabul, at the south-east corner of Garden Island. The term Rear Admiral originated from the days of Naval Sailing Squadrons, and can trace its origins to the British Royal Navy. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... A heavy cruiser is a type of large warship which originated with the British Hawkins class during World War I. They entered service after the war. ... The second USS Chicago (CA-29) was a Northampton-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. ... USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer (French: contre-torpilleur, German: Zerstörer, Spanish: destructor) is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo... The second Perkins (DD–377) was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for George Hamilton Perkins. ... A minelayer is a naval ship used for deploying sea mines. ... Bharatiya Nau Sena:-The Indian Navy is one of the worlds largest navies. ... USS Pivot (AM 276) World War II United States Admirable Class Minesweeper shown in the Gulf of Mexico on sea trials 12 July 1944 Image:Hameln Class. ... See HMAS Canberra for other ships of this name. ... Farm Cove is a tidal inlet and shallow bay in Sydney Harbour, separated from Sydney Cove by Bennelong Point (site of the Sydney Opera House). ... Auxiliary cruisers were merchant ships taken over for conversion into a vessel armed with cruiser-size guns, and employed either for convoy protection against true cruisers, or for commerce-raiding missions, where its appearance was used to trick merchant ships into approaching. ... The first HMAS Kanimbla (1936) was laid down as a motor vessel for McIlwraith McEachern Limited by Harland and Wolff Limited at Belfast in Northern Ireland in July 1933, launched on 15 December 1935 and completed on 26 April 1936. ... The first HMAS Westralia was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Glasgow for the Huddart Parker Ltd company as a twin screw motor vessel, being completed in 1929. ... Categories: Suburbs of Sydney | Incomplete Sydney suburbs ... A light cruiser is a warship that is not so large and powerful as a regular (or heavy) cruiser, but still larger than ships like destroyers. ... HMAS Adelaide was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy, named after Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. ... Garden Island is a facility of the Royal Australian Navy in Port Jackson, Sydney. ... French steam corvette Dupleix (1856-1887) Canadian corvettes on antisubmarine convoy escort duty during World War II. A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, smaller than a frigate. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the city of Whyalla, South Australia. ... Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the city of Geelong in Victoria. ... Flag of the Royal Netherlands Navy Royal Netherlands Navy Jack The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy ) is the navy of the Netherlands. ... Two ferries- Narrabeen (rear) and Alexander (foreground) Sydney Ferries is a state owned corporation of the New South Wales Government providing passenger ferry services in Sydney Harbour and on the Parramatta River. ...

Other defences included an electromagnetic indicator loop at Sydney Heads. At the inner entrance to the harbour there was a semi-completed antitorpedo net, between George's Head on Middle Head, and Green Point on Inner South Head. The centre part of the net, including boom gates, was complete but there were gaps at each end. The net had gates to allow vessels to enter and leave the harbour. The anti-submarine vessel HMAS Yandra on duty patrolling near the harbour entrance and a similar vessel, HMAS Bingera, was on stand-by at the Naval Anchorage in Woolloomooloo. The minesweepers HMAS Goonambee and HMAS Samuel Benbow were located in Watson's Bay. Six channel patrol boats armed with depth charges and four unarmed auxiliary patrol boats were also on duty in the vicinity of the boom gates. An induction loop is a simple coil wire transceiver. ... Sydney Heads (also known as the Heads) is the geographical area representing the entrance to Port Jackson (and therefore also to Sydney Harbour) bordered by North Head and Quarantine Head to the north, South Head to the south and Middle Head to the west. ... Middle Head is a sandstone peninsula in the North Shore suburb of Mosman, Sydney, Australia. ... Woolloomooloo is a low-lying docklands suburb between the heights of central Sydney, Australia to the west and Potts Point to the east and has historically been a poor, working-class district of Sydney. ... Depth Charge used by U.S. Navy later in World War II The depth charge is the oldest anti-submarine weapon. ...

The midget submarine attack

Three of the Japanese submarines carried spotter seaplanes. On May 23, the pilot of a Yokosuka E14Y1 from I–29 made a brief flight over the Sydney-Newcastle area, detecting a large number of ships in Sydney Harbour. However, the plane's wing was damaged shortly after landing near I-29. On May 30, at 3.45am, I-21 launched its own E14Y1. The pilot, Warrant Officer Susumu Ito, made several reconnaissance circuits over Sydney Harbour. P-39 fighters from the United States Army Air Forces's 41st Pursuit Squadron, based at Bankstown Airport, were sent up to investigate, but by that time Ito had spotted Chicago, believing it to be a battleship and had returned to I-21. Ito's plane capsized soon after landing and was then scuttled. Nobuo Fujita standing by his Yokosuka E14Y Glen. On the night of June 21/22 1942, two days after they shelled a Canadian radio compass station at Estevan Point on Vancouver Island a Japanese submarine surfaced near the Columbia River in Oregon, and fired shells at nearby Fort Stevens. ... The Bell P-39 Airacobra was one of the principal fighter aircraft in service with American forces at the start of World War II. At first for a short time designated XP-45, it had just a single-speed, single-stage supercharger for its engine, instead of an exhaust-driven... The United States Army Air Forces, or USAAF, was a part of the U.S. military during World War II. The direct precursor to the U.S. Air Force, the USAAF formally existed between 1941 and 1947. ... Bankstown Airport (IATA: BWU, ICAO: YSBK) is a general aviation airport located in Bankstown, 22km from the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... HMS Victory in 1884 Battleship was the name given to the most powerfully gun-armed and most heavily armored classes of warships built between the 15th and 20th centuries. ...

The following afternoon, the Japanese force approached to within 11 kilometres of Sydney Heads, and at about 4.30pm the three midget submarines were launched. Midget No. 14 was detected by harbour defences at about 8.00pm, but was not precisely located until it became entanged in the net. The channel patrol boat HMAS Lolita, a converted yacht, dropped three depth charges that failed to explode, due to a lack of water depth. Before a similar vessel, HMAS Yarroma, was able to launch its own depth charges, No. 14's self-demolition explosives were ignited, destroying the vessel and killing the two crew members, Lieutenant Kenshi Chuma and Petty Officer Takeshi Ohmori. Sydney Heads (also known as the Heads) is the geographical area representing the entrance to Port Jackson (and therefore also to Sydney Harbour) bordered by North Head and Quarantine Head to the north, South Head to the south and Middle Head to the west. ... A modern yacht A yacht (From Dutch Jacht meaning hunt(er)) was originally defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used to convey important persons. ...

At 9.48pm, Midget "A" (also known as Midget No. 24, or M-24) entered the harbour and headed west towards the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It was also detected and a general alarm was sounded at 10.27pm. The Sydney Harbour Bridge is one of the major landmarks of Sydney, Australia, connecting the Sydney central business district (CBD) with the North Shore commercial and residential areas, both of which are located on Sydney Harbour. ...

Midget No. 21 entered the harbour after Midget "A". At 10.52pm, the crew of the unarmed auxiliary patrol boat Lauriana spotted Midget No. 21's conning tower above the surface and signalled HMAS Yandra. Just after 10.54pm, Yandra attempted to ram the sub, near Taylor's Bay, and at 11.07pm Yandra dropped six depth charges. These caused serious damage to Midget No. 21 and the crew of Lieutenant Keiu Matsuo and Petty Officer Masao Tsuzuku committed suicide with their handguns to avoid capture.

By this time the waters of the inner harbour were well-illuminated by searchlights and Midget "A" was spotted by Allied personnel about 200 metres from Garden Island, and was fired on by Chicago and Geelong. Some 5-inch shells from Chicago accidentally hit a small fortified island, Fort Denison, and fragments landed in the harbourside suburbs of Cremorne and Mosman.[1] At about 11.26pm the submarine's crew, Sub-Lieutenant Katsuhisa Ban and Petty Officer Namori Ashibe, returned fire with two torpedoes. One torpedo ran ashore on Garden Island without exploding. The other passed under K-IX and struck the harbour bed beneath Kuttabul where it exploded, sinking the ship and killing 19 RAN personnel and two British seamen. As a result of the explosion K-IX was severely damaged by an impact from Kuttabul. Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour with the Sydney skyline Fort Denison , is a former defensive facility occupying a small island located north of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney Harbour. ... Cremorne Junction, the suburbs commercial area, on Military Road Open-air cafes on the square on Military Road Cremorne is a North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales situated between Mosman and Neutral Bay. ... Mosman is a suburb in the Municipality of Mosman on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services being the oldest of its three branches. ...

Midget "A" then disappeared with its crew, before it reached the larger Japanese submarines. (See the Aftermath section of this article for further details.) Combatants Australia, United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands. ...

The shelling of Sydney and Newcastle

Over the next week, the Allied navies and air forces searched, without luck, for the mother submarines.

On June 8, just after midnight, I-24 surfaced off Sydney, about 10 km (6 mi) off Maroubra. For a four minute period, the submarine's deck gun was fired at the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Every shot landed well short of its target, with at least 10 shells hitting the residential suburbs of Rose Bay, Woollahra and Bellevue Hill. All but one of the shells failed to explode and there were no fatalities or serious injuries. Several houses were destroyed or badly damaged. Lt George Cantello of the 41st PS took off from Bankstown, but suffered mechanical failure soon afterwards, crashed and was killed. I-24 submerged and left the scene before it could be located by defence forces. Maroubra is a beachside suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Rose Bay may refer to: Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia, a suburb of Sydney Rose Bay, Tasmania, Australia, a suburb of Hobart This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Woollahra is a suburb and Local Government Area located in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. ... Bellevue Hill is in Sydney, Australias Eastern Suburbs. ...

Aftermath

The raid was the first time that Sydney had been attacked by enemy military forces. It remains the only such attack to have taken place. Although the raid lacked the psychological impact of the air raids on Darwin several weeks earlier, and it failed to sink any major warships, it nevertheless represented a symbolic victory for Japan, soon after its setback at the Battle of the Coral Sea. Combatants Australia; United States Japan Commanders David V. J. Blake Chuichi Nagumo Strength 30 planes 242 planes Casualties At least 243 killed; (possibly 1,100 dead in total) 23 planes destroyed 10 ships sunk 1 killed  ? missing; 6 POW Four planes destroyed in Australian airspace; ? failed to return. ... Combatants United States, Australia Japan Commanders Chester Nimitz Frank Jack Fletcher Shigeyoshi Inoue Takeo Takagi Aritomo Goto Strength 2 large carriers, 3 cruisers 2 large carriers, 1 small carrier, 4 cruisers Casualties 1 large carrier, 1 destroyer, 1 oil tanker, 543 personnel 1 small carrier, 1 destroyer, 1,074 personnel...

Like the bodies from the Kuttabul, the bodies of four of the Japanese submariners were recovered. The Japanese seamen were cremated with full military honours and their ashes were returned to their families in Japan by way of a neutral country.

Chicago and Canberra were both lost in battle within a year.

I-21 and I-22 both disappeared at sea within a year of the Sydney attack. I-24 was sunk by Allied forces off Alaska in 1943. I-27 was sunk in the Indian Ocean in 1944. I-29 became one of only a few Japanese submarines to reach Nazi-occupied Europe, but was sunk off the Philippines on its return trip in 1944. Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Juneau Anchorage Area  Ranked 1st  - Total 663,267 sq. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ...

On November 28, 2005, documentary filmmaker Damien Lay claimed in a television documentary He’s Coming South – The Attack On Sydney Harbour shown internationally on The History Channel that the wreckage of Midget "A" was buried under sand on the seabed, 20km north of Sydney Harbour, just east of Lion Island, at the mouth of Broken Bay. Lay claimed to have confirmed that copper wiring found at the site was consistent with that used in similar Japanese vessels [2]. However, a few weeks later, New South Wales Planning Minister Frank Sartor announced that sonar scans conducted by the New South Wales Heritage Office at the location specified had found no trace of the lost submarine.[3] November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Template:Diffgggtgerent calendars 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... History Channel logo. ... Broken Bay is a large inlet of the Pacific Ocean located about 50 km north of Sydney on the coast of New South Wales. ... Emblems: Floral - Waratah (Telopea Speciosissima); Bird - Kookaburra (Dacelo Gigas); Animal - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus Anatinus); Fish - Blue Groper (Achoerodus Viridis) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ... Frank Sartor is an Australian Labor Party (ALP) politician in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...