Japanese submarine I-26

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I-26 was a Japanese B1 type submarine which saw service during World War 2. On December 23, 1941 the I-26 sank the US Army Schooner Cynthia Olson. In the evening of June 20, 1942, while patrolling off the coast of British Columbia, I-26 surfaced and shelled the lighthouse at Estevan Point. This simple act caused a disproportionate effect on coastal shipping, as all lighthouses along the coast were then extinguished for fear of their use by enemy vessels.[1] On 31 August 1942, she crippled aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) with one torpedo hit (out of six launched). On 13 November, during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, she also destroyed the cruiser USS Juneau (CL-52), which was carrying the Sullivan brothers.

I-26 was sunk in action off Leyte in October 1944.