• Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-48
    I-48 was the last of three Type C cruiser submarines of the C2 sub-class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Commissioned in September 1944, she operated...
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  • (later renumbered I-121), I-22 (later renumbered I-122) and I-23 (later renumbered I-123) — were the Imperial Japanese Navy's only submarine minelayers. They...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-58 (1943)
    I-58 was a Japanese B3 type cruiser submarine that served in the final year of World War II. Her only significant wartime success came with a conventional...
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  • I-8 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Junsen III (or J3)-type submarine commissioned in 1938 that served during World War II. Designed as submarine aircraft...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-29
    I-29, code-named Matsu (松, Japanese for "pine tree"), was a B1 type submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy used during World War II on two secret missions...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-26
    I-26 was an Imperial Japanese Navy B1 type submarine commissioned in 1941. She saw service in the Pacific War theatre of World War II, patrolling off the...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-168
    I-68, later renumbered I-168, was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaidai–type cruiser submarine of the KD6 sub-class commissioned in 1934. She served in World...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-38
    I-38 was an Imperial Japanese Navy B1 type submarine. Completed and commissioned in 1943, she served in World War II, operating on supply missions in the...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-175
    I-75, later I-175, was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaidai-type cruiser submarine of the KD6B sub-class commissioned in 1938. During World War II, she took...
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  • most varied and powerful submarine fleets. The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) acquired its first submarines during the Russo-Japanese War on 12 December 1904...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Corbesier (DE-438)
    Manus. On 23 January 1945 with Conklin and Raby she sank the Japanese submarine I-48 (6) off Yap. She sailed from Ulithi on 18 March with the logistics group...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-10
    I-10 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Type A1 submarine that served during World War II. Designed as a submarine aircraft carrier, she was commissioned in...
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  • I-1 was a J1 type submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was a large cruiser submarine displacing 2,135 tons and was the lead unit of the four submarines...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-16
    I-16 was one of five Type C cruiser submarines of the C1 sub-class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy, Commissioned in 1940, she deployed a midget submarine...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-7
    I-7 was an Imperial Japanese Navy J3 type submarine commissioned in 1937. She was a large cruiser submarine that served in World War II. She operated...
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  • I-3 was an Imperial Japanese Navy J1 type submarine commissioned in 1926. She was a large cruiser submarine. She served in the Second Sino-Japanese War...
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  • I-177 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaidai-type cruiser submarine of the KD7 subclass commissioned in 1942. She served during World War II, patrolling...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-56 (1943)
    The second I-56 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Type B3 submarine. Completed and commissioned in June 1944, she served in the late stages of World War II...
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  • Ro-48 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Kaichū type submarine of the K6 sub-class. Completed and commissioned in March 1944, she served in World War II and...
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  • 08734-5 The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.31 Japanese Submarines I, Ushio Shobō (Japan), September 1979, Book code 68343-31 Cruiser submarine...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-121
    I-121, laid down in 1924 as Submarine No. 48 and known as I-21 from November 1924 to June 1938, was an I-121-class submarine of the Imperial Japanese...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-166
    I-66, later I-166, was a Kaidai-class cruiser submarine of the KD5 sub-class completed for the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1932. She served during World...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-24 (1939)
    The second I-24 was one of five Type C cruiser submarines of the C1 sub-class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. During World War II, she operated as...
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    Possibly attacked by H.M. submarine E51 in 54°47'N., 6°18'E. Sank British hospital ship REWA by torpedo in 50°48'N., 4°48'W. Claims 5 S.S., 2 sailing...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-4
    I-4 was an Imperial Japanese Navy J1 type submarine commissioned in 1929. She was a large cruiser submarine that served in the Second Sino-Japanese War...
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  • Thumbnail for Type A Kō-hyōteki-class submarine
    Kō-hyōteki kō-gata, Target 'A', Type 'A') class was a class of Japanese midget submarines (Kō-hyōteki) used during World War II. They had hull numbers but...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-5
    The Japanese submarine I-5 was the first aircraft-carrying submarine in the Imperial Japanese Navy and operated during World War II. The sole member of...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-44
    I-44 was an Imperial Japanese Navy Type B2 submarine. Completed and commissioned in January 1944, she served in the late stages of World War II, she conducted...
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  • by the Imperial Japanese Navy's failure to provide adequate escort forces for the nation's merchant fleet. Whereas Japanese submarine torpedoes of the...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese submarine I-2
    I-2 was an Imperial Japanese Navy J1 type cruiser submarine commissioned in 1926. She served in the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. During the...
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