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Japanese submarine I-373

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and a large amount of floating debris. She found five survivors in the water, all of whom refused rescue. She left four of them to perish in the water but forcibly brought one of them aboard. The sole survivor of
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at a range of 3,500 yards (3,200 m) at 20:18, and tracked her for an hour, but lost visual contact at 21:18 when
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On 5 August 1945, FRUMEL reported that it had intercepted and decrypted a Japanese signal indicating that
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would depart Sasebo that day bound for Takao and would return with a cargo of aviation gasoline,
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in addition to other cargo. On 20 June 1945, she was reassigned to Submarine Division 15 in the
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at a range of 8,600 yards (7,900 m) and began tracking her again, finally confirming that
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was attached formally to the Yokosuka Naval District and was assigned to Submarine
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examination of Japanese records has not corroborated FRUMEL's reporting.
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submarine. In August 1945 became the last Japanese submarine sunk during
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11 for workups. On 16 June 1945, she departed Yokosuka bound for
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on 3 July 1945 and returned to Sasebo on 26 July 1945, but post-
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got underway from Sasebo on 9 August 1945 headed for Takao.
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surfaced, and at 05:40 she passed through a thick slick of
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200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) southeast of
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Index

Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka
Japan
USS Spikefish
Type D2 submarine
knots
nmi
nmi
gasoline
Type 3 mortars
Imperial Japanese Navy
Type D2
submarine
tanker
World War II
laid down
Yokosuka Navy Yard
Yokosuka
Japan
Yokosuka Naval District
launched
commissioned
Squadron
Sasebo
tanker
metric tons
aviation gasoline
6th Fleet
Fleet Radio Unit, Melbourne
Allied

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