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592:After spending the night of 12–13 August 1945 at
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436:by the Allies). To meet this requirement, the
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238:General characteristics
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420:Design and description
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386:1 Ă— 7.7 mm machine gun
222:Wrecked 18 August 1945
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426:Japanese Home Islands
1441:Charles C. Randleman
697:The Japanese struck
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1574:Shipwrecks of Japan
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196:31 May 1945
126:Shimonoseki
1559:1945 ships
1543:Categories
1484:Blencathra
1327:Argos Hill
1305:Shipwrecks
856:Sensuikan!
823:References
746:Sensuikan!
618:Mitsubishi
583:Moji Bight
545:. She was
499:with four
446:Type XXIII
361:Complement
353:Test depth
290:Propulsion
188:7 May 1945
70:newspapers
1517:July 1945
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1461:USS
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841:9 October
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752:9 October
622:Hikoshima
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457:displaced
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40:talk page
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547:launched
442:Type XXI
369:Armament
229:Salvaged
193:Launched
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1337:Amakusa
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399:was an
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167:Builder
138:History
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84:scholar
1421:Ha-209
1343:Tokiwa
1247:Ha-247
1240:Ha-246
1233:Ha-240
1226:Ha-239
1219:Ha-238
1212:Ha-237
1205:Ha-236
1198:Ha-235
1191:Ha-234
1184:Ha-233
1177:Ha-232
1170:Ha-231
1163:Ha-230
1156:Ha-229
1149:Ha-228
1142:Ha-227
1135:Ha-226
1128:Ha-225
1121:Ha-224
1114:Ha-223
1107:Ha-222
1100:Ha-221
1093:Ha-220
1086:Ha-219
1079:Ha-218
1072:Ha-217
1065:Ha-216
1058:Ha-215
1051:Ha-214
1044:Ha-213
1037:Ha-212
1030:Ha-211
1023:Ha-210
1016:Ha-209
1009:Ha-208
1002:Ha-207
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266:Length
175:Sasebo
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1391:I-373
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571:Imari
543:Japan
485:knots
465:draft
330:Range
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316:11.8
311:Speed
282:Draft
179:Japan
151:Japan
130:Japan
91:JSTOR
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