Ko te I-122, i whakatakotoria i te tau 1925 hei Submarine No. 49 ka mohiotia ko I-22 mai i tana wa hanga tae noa ki te Pipiri 1938, he kaipuke o te Imperial Japanese Navy i mahi i te Pakanga Tuarua o Haina-Hapani me te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I te pakanga whakamutunga, i whakahaerehia e ia nga mahi hei tautoko i te
Ko te whakaekenga a Hapani o Malaya, te whakaekenga a Hapani o te Philippines, te whakaeke i a Darwin, te Pakanga o Midway, te pakanga o Guadalcanal, te Pakanga o nga Solomon o te Rawhiti, me te pakanga o New Guinea. I whakangaromia ia i te tau 1945.