Jacob Frans Drijfhout Van Hooff, RNN
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Warship Commands listed for Jacob Frans Drijfhout Van Hooff, RNN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HNMS O 9 (P 09) | luitenant ter zee 2e klasse (Lt.) | Submarine | 5 Feb 1942 | 18 Jul 1943 |
| HNMS K XIV (N 22) | luitenant ter zee 1e klasse (Lt.Cdr.) | Submarine | 20 Jul 1943 | 16 Dec 1944 |
| HNMS O 19 (N 54) | luitenant ter zee 1e klasse (Lt.Cdr.) | Submarine | 16 Dec 1944 | 10 Jul 1945 |
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Submarine HNMS K XIV (N 22)
20 Jun 1944
HrMs K XIV (Lt.Cdr. J.F. Drijfhout van Hooff) torpedoed and damaged the Japanese minelayer Tsugaru (4400 tons, offsite link) off Sanana, Soela islands in position 01?00'S, 130?35'E.
23 Jun 1944
HrMs K XIV (Lt.Cdr. J.F. Drijfhout van Hooff) sank a Japanese landing craft with gunfire off Ceram.
Submarine HNMS O 19 (N 54)
3 Jan 1945
HrMs O 19 (Lt.Cdr. J.F. Drijfhout van Hooff) lays 40 mines in the Bay of Bantam, east of Bawean Island in position 05°50'S, 106°16'E.
9 Jan 1945
HrMs O 19 (Lt.Cdr. J.F. Drijfhout van Hooff) torpedoed and sank the Japanese auxiliary gunboat Shinko Maru No.1 (935 GRT) off Tandjung Puting, Borneo in position 03°41'S, 111°57'E. The O 19 however is heavily damaged by depth charges and forced to abandon her patrol.
10 Apr 1945
HrMs O 19 (Lt.Cdr. J.F. Drijfhout van Hooff) torpedoed and sank the Japanese merchant tanker Hosei Maru (676 GRT, former Dutch Poseidon) in the Java Sea in position 05°30'S, 106°40'E.
13 Apr 1945
HrMs O 19 (Lt.Cdr. J.F. Drijfhout van Hooff) lays 40 mines in the Bangka Strait in position 01°56'S, 105°04'E.
22 Apr 1945
HrMs O 19 (Lt.Cdr. J.F. Drijfhout van Hooff) attacked the Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara with a spread of four torpedoes about 30 nautical miles north of Batavia, Java, Netherlands East Indies in position 05°37'S, 106°55'E. Unfortunately all torpedoes miss their target although Ashigara was dry-docked at Singapore after this attack with her sonar dome missing.