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508:. On 10 January 1945, she and the submarine
188:73.50 m (241 ft 2 in) overall
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713:. She was both the first submarine of the
1713:Submarines sunk by United States warships
628:crash-dived and broke radar contact with
178:2,215 long tons (2,251 t) submerged
818:Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2014).
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175:1,440 long tons (1,463 t) surfaced
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847:Hackett, Bob & Kingsepp, Sander.
728:On 6 March 1945, the Japanese ordered
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1693:Maritime incidents in February 1945
851:. Retrieved on September 16, 2020.
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344:14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun
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588:to attack nine empty American
474:and was assigned to Submarine
415:Construction and commissioning
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155:General characteristics
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218:Mk.23B Model 8 diesels
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876:I-361-class (Type D/
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351:Type 96 25mm AA guns
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224:1,200 shp submerged
691:22.733°N 141.433°E
598:United States Navy
544:Group, made up of
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441:Submarine No. 5470
409:Battle of Iwo Jima
322:processing systems
221:1,850 bhp surfaced
142:, 26 February 1945
65:Submarine No. 5470
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1530:Kommandøren
1381:Henry Bacon
694: /
100:26 May 1944
1678:1944 ships
1662:Categories
1649:March 1945
1552:Pathfinder
1437:Arsterturm
1359:Trentonian
1357:HMCS
1097:Gay Viking
1048:Shipwrecks
700: (
590:transports
444:. She was
428:Mitsubishi
387:transport
312:Complement
276:Test depth
209:Propulsion
75:Mitsubishi
1595:USS
1568:USS
1550:HMS
1539:USS
1348:Dettifoss
1340:USS
1329:USS
1322:USS
1309:HMS
1239:HMS
1186:HMS
1078:USS
636:acquired
618:detected
604:USS
424:laid down
389:submarine
365:torpedoes
265:120
137:USS
116:Completed
89:Laid down
1587:18 Feb:
1577:17 Feb:
1570:Crevalle
1561:SS
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1548:11 Feb:
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1241:Bluebell
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1152:10 Feb:
1095:MV
723:fuel oil
681:141°26′E
658:Finnegan
650:Hedgehog
646:Finnegan
634:Finnegan
630:Finnegan
616:Finnegan
612:Finnegan
606:Finnegan
570:base at
535:Iwo Jima
493:Daihatsu
476:Squadron
446:launched
337:Armament
304:Capacity
292:Daihatsu
227:2 shafts
147:Stricken
139:Finnegan
135:Sunk by
97:Launched
30:Otsujima
1541:Batfish
1527:9 Feb:
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1110:6 Feb:
1103:Karatsu
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1177:U-869
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938:I-368
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866:(Tei)
763:p.191
740:Notes
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730:I-370
703:I-370
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642:sonar
638:I-370
625:I-370
620:I-370
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564:I-370
553:I-368
547:I-370
520:towed
511:I-368
506:radar
468:I-370
451:I-370
436:Japan
420:I-370
377:I-370
253:Range
241:knots
239:13.0
234:Speed
201:Draft
109:I-370
83:Japan
55:Japan
34:Japan
26:I-370
1632:1946
1624:1945
1616:1944
1331:S-38
1324:S-37
1272:Lark
1270:HMS
831:2020
757:ISBN
559:I-44
529:The
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355:5 x
349:2 ×
342:1 ×
289:2 x
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193:Beam
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