I-68, a 1400-ton "6A Type" submarine, was built at Kure, Japan. Completed in June 1934, she was renamed I-168 in May 1942. On 6 June 1942, during the Battle of Midway, this submarine torpedoed the already crippled aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) and the destroyer USS Hammann (DD-412), sinking the latter immediately and the carrier the following morning. I-168 was herself sunk in the South Pacific on or about 27 July 1943, perhaps by USS Scamp (SS-277).
This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have concerning the Japanese submarine I-68.
For views of the torpedoing of USS Yorktown and USS
Hammann by I-168, see:
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For views of the torpedoing of USS Yorktown and USS
Hammann by I-168, see:
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Page made 28 February 1999
Coding updated 3 May 2009