 Between April and September, 1943, "I-19" was stationed off Fiji.During this time, the submarine, under the command of Kinashi Takakazu, sank two Allied cargo ships and heavily damaged one.After sinking one of the ships— SS "William K. Vanderbilt"— on May 16, 1943, "I-19" surfaced and machine-gunned the surviving crew members in their lifeboats, killing one of them.