| The information/words below is typed just the way the paper work was done |
| 23 May - I-168 left Kure for Midway 30 May - sighted aircraft-carrier 31 May - sighted aircraft-carrier, approached Kurel Is. 1 June - reconnaissance Sand Is. 2 June - arrived NW off Midway, and did patrol NE off Midway 3-4 June - conduct patrol E off Midway ---("B"22) 5 June 1750 - I-168 ordered to make shell attack to Midway airbase 2224 - make shell to air-base at Eastern Is. from south 4000m by 10cm high-angle gun (6 shells, minutes). I-168 was responded big fire- power, then withdrew and submerged 6 June 0735 - commander of 3rd submarine squadron gave order to I-168 to make attack to Yorktown carrier 6 June evening - I-168 received order from 3rd submarine squadron. Advance assigned position 7 June morning - I-168 sighted several small black points on the eastern horizon then beginning the approach 0937 - periscope sighted big carrier too close about 500m. I-168 moved turn 360 degrees to open range from carrier 1005 - fired precise salvo of two torpedoes and 3 second after, fired two torpedoes range about 1200m, then 40 second after, big sounds (four times) were heard, an then I-168 took big damaged, that #2 batterys were unusable, forward torpedo room was flooded, as a result I-168 was unsubmergable ("B"23) 1550 - I-168 escaped sunk and enemy destroyer 19 June - I-168 arrived at Kure |
| Courtesy of: Military History Department; National Institute for Defense Studies; Tokyo 153 Japan |
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