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On 7 December 1941, the day of the Pearl Harbor attack, ''I-9'' was on patrol north of [[Oahu]] with orders to reconnoiter Hawaiian waters and attack any American ships that [[sortie]]d from [[Pearl Harbor]].[ On 11 December 1941, she battle-surfaced {{convert|700|nmi|0}} northeast of Oahu on the [[Port and starboard|starboard]] quarter of the unarmed [[Matson, Inc.|Matson Line]] [[Steamship|steamer]] {{SS|Lahaina}} — returning to Hawaii with a cargo of {{convert|745|ST|t LT}} of [[molasses]] and {{convert|300|ST|t LT}} of [[scrap iron]] after the outbreak of war — and fired a warning shot.][ ''Lahaina''′s crew transmitted an [[SOS]] and abandoned ship, after which ''I-9'' fired 25 {{convert|140|mm|in|1|sp=us|adj=on}} rounds, scoring eight hits on ''Lahaina''′s starboard side and four on her [[Port and starboard|port]] side and setting ''Lahaina''′s [[superstructure]] on fire][ before departing the area. On the morning of 12 December, ''Lahaina''′s crew attempted to reboard her, but found that fires and flooding aboard her were out of control, and after suffering an explosion, ''Lahaina'' [[capsize]]d to port and sank at around 12:30 at {{coord|27|42|N|147|38|W|name=SS ''Lahaina''}}.][ After two crew members died of exposure and two others committed suicide, ''Lahaina''′s 30 survivors reached [[Kahului, Hawaii|Kahului]], [[Maui]], on 21 December 1941.] |
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On 7 December 1941, the day of the Pearl Harbor attack, ''I-9'' was on patrol north of [[Oahu]] with orders to reconnoiter Hawaiian waters and attack any American ships that [[sortie]]d from [[Pearl Harbor]].[ On 11 December 1941, she battle-surfaced {{convert|700|nmi|0}} northeast of Oahu on the [[Port and starboard|starboard]] quarter of the unarmed [[Matson, Inc.|Matson Line]] [[Steamship|steamer]] {{SS|Lahaina}} — returning to Hawaii with a cargo of {{convert|745|ST|t LT}} of [[molasses]] and {{convert|300|ST|t LT}} of [[scrap iron]] after the outbreak of war — and fired a warning shot.][ ''Lahaina''′s crew transmitted an [[SOS]] and abandoned ship, after which ''I-9'' fired 25 {{convert|140|mm|in|1|sp=us|adj=on}} rounds, scoring eight hits on ''Lahaina''′s starboard side and four on her [[Port and starboard|port]] side and setting ''Lahaina''′s [[superstructure]] on fire][ before departing the area. On the morning of 12 December, ''Lahaina''′s crew attempted to reboard her, but found that fires and flooding aboard her were out of control, and after suffering an explosion, ''Lahaina'' [[capsize]]d to port and sank at around 12:30 at {{coord|27|42|N|147|38|W|name=SS ''Lahaina''}}.][ After two crew members died of exposure and two others committed suicide, ''Lahaina''′s 30 survivors reached [[Kahului, Hawaii|Kahului]], [[Maui]], on 21 December 1941.] |
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On 13 December 1941, Japanese [[Imperial General Headquarters]] ordered the submarines of the 6th Fleet to bombard the [[United States West Coast]].[ The 6th ]Fleet′s commander, [[Vice admiral|Vice Admiral]] [[Mitsumi Shimizu]], in turn ordered ''I-9'' and the submarines {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-10||2}}, ''I-15'', ''I-17'', {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-19||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-21||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-23||2}}, ''I-25'', and {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-26||2}} each to fire 30 rounds at targets on the U.S. West Coast on the evening of 25 December 1941, with Rear Admiral Sato aboard ''I-9'' in overall command of the bombardment.[ ''I-9'' arrived in her patrol area off [[Cape Blanco (Oregon)|Cape Blanco]], [[Oregon]], on 19 December 1941.][ On 22 December 1941 the [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[Combined Fleet]], Admiral [[Isoroku Yamamoto]], postponed the bombardment until 27 December,][{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-26.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-26: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |date=March 1, 2016|access-date=20 February 2022}}] and on 22 December ''I-9'' departed her patrol area to make for the [[Guadalupe Island]] area off the west coast of [[Mexico]]′s [[Baja California Peninsula]].[ On 27 December 1941, Sato cancelled the bombardment because most of the submarines tasked with carrying it out were low on fuel, and ''I-9'' headed for [[Kwajalein]] in the [[Marshall Islands]], which she reached on 1 January 1942.] |
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On 13 December 1941, Japanese [[Imperial General Headquarters]] ordered the submarines of the 6th Fleet to bombard the [[United States West Coast]].[ The 6th Fleet's commander, [[Vice admiral|Vice Admiral]] [[Mitsumi Shimizu]], in turn ordered ''I-9'' and the submarines {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-10||2}}, ''I-15'', ''I-17'', {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-19||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-21||2}}, {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-23||2}}, ''I-25'', and {{ship|Japanese submarine|I-26||2}} each to fire 30 rounds at targets on the U.S. West Coast on the evening of 25 December 1941, with Rear Admiral Sato aboard ''I-9'' in overall command of the bombardment.][ ''I-9'' arrived in her patrol area off [[Cape Blanco (Oregon)|Cape Blanco]], [[Oregon]], on 19 December 1941.][ On 22 December 1941 the [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[Combined Fleet]], Admiral [[Isoroku Yamamoto]], postponed the bombardment until 27 December,][{{cite web |url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-26.htm |title=IJN Submarine I-26: Tabular Record of Movement |first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Sander |last2=Kingsepp |work=combinedfleet.com |date=March 1, 2016|access-date=20 February 2022}}] and on 22 December ''I-9'' departed her patrol area to make for the [[Guadalupe Island]] area off the west coast of [[Mexico]]′s [[Baja California Peninsula]].[ On 27 December 1941, Sato cancelled the bombardment because most of the submarines tasked with carrying it out were low on fuel, and ''I-9'' headed for [[Kwajalein]] in the [[Marshall Islands]], which she reached on 1 January 1942.] |
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