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plane surprised her and scored several near-misses; Japanese historians disagree on whether the radar set was defective or its inexperienced operator made mistakes while still learning to use it properly. She crash-dived, but several patrol vessels then attacked her, scoring several more near-misses.
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220 nautical miles (410 km; 250 mi) southeast of
Okinawa at 14:18. During the flight, the Avenger's crew sighted a Japanese submarine on the surface and dived on it from an altitude of 4,000 feet (1,200 m). As the submarine crash-dived, the plane dropped a depth charge that exploded
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asked her on 2 March 1945 to report her location and any success she had had against Allied ships, her reply on 3 March 1945 was a routine situation report which failed to provide the details the 6th Fleet had requested.
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reached her patrol area south of Iwo Jima late on 26 February 1945. On 28 February, she attempted an approach to Iwo Jima on the surface from east of the island, but a
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in darkness on 20 October 1944 when an explosion in her automatic trim system pressure tank killed three members of her crew, wrecked her
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was lost sometime in April 1945, and the circumstances of her loss remain unknown. Some
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on 18 April 1945, but it is more likely that the submarine sunk in the action was
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Group. She departed
Otsujima on 4 April 1945 for her fifth war patrol and second
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aircraft attacked her and forced her to submerge and retire. Later that day, her
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pilots. She was stricken from the Navy list on 10 June 1945.
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began with U.S. landings on the island, and on 3 April
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16:1st class submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy
1359:"IJN Submarine I-36: Tabular Record of Movement"
1333:"IJN Submarine I-53: Tabular Record of Movement"
1304:"IJN Submarine I-44: Tabular Record of Movement"
1743:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1945
1111:torpedo which exploded against the submarine's
901:mission. She was on the surface recharging her
736:on 13 October 1944. With her repairs complete,
609:vehicles and eventually was canceled entirely.
448:Fuel Depot from 28 to 29 March 1944 to refuel.
1388:IJN Submarine I-44: Tabular Record of Movement
217:Electric motors: 2,000 hp (1,500 kW)
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296:torpedoes (added October 1944–February 1945)
950:southeast of Okinawa, but after 6th Fleet
822:The Japanese originally intended to assign
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597:'s islands, then enter the water in the
1357:Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2019).
1331:Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2019).
1302:Hackett, Bob; Kingsepp, Sander (2014).
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420:on 5 March 1943. She was completed and
2799:Warships lost in combat with all hands
1386:Hackett, Bob & Kingsepp, Sander.
962:headed for Japan. She disembarked her
786:The last surviving Type B2 submarine,
18:
2779:Ships built by Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
790:was selected for conversion to carry
268:6 Ă— 533 mm (21 in) forward
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325:(removed October 1944–February 1945)
310:(removed October 1944–February 1945)
229:23.5 knots (43.5 km/h) surfaced
137:Missing after 4 April 1945
1390:. Retrieved on September 16, 2020.
553:and the auxiliary submarine tender
375:before she was sunk in April 1945.
347:, she conducted war patrols in the
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140:Probably sunk 29 April 1945
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1094:escort aircraft carrier
993:Group — which included
390:on 11 June 1942 by the
204:17 ft (5.2 m)
155:General characteristics
1060:light aircraft carrier
649:torpedoed and damaged
392:Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
367:operations during the
338:Imperial Japanese Navy
76:Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
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405:Submarine No. 374
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170:Displacement
150:10 June 1945
124:Commissioned
111:5 March 1943
101:
93:11 June 1942
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925:TBF Avenger
768:gyrocompass
703:switchboard
701:, her main
679: /
635:New Ireland
2784:1943 ships
2768:Categories
2742:March 1945
2184:HMCS
1870:Amatsukaze
1750:Shipwrecks
1144: (
1071:destroyers
907:destroyers
803:abaft her
699:periscopes
579:amphibious
561:Nasakejima
519:Operation
497:task force
440:11 in the
416:, she was
308:floatplane
255:Complement
247:Test depth
209:Propulsion
2700:USS
2691:USS
2676:HMS
2667:USS
2660:USS
2653:USS
2644:USS
2631:USS
2622:USS
2615:HMS
2606:USS
2597:USS
2584:USS
2569:Sea Devil
2567:USS
2558:USS
2549:USS
2542:USS
2535:USS
2528:USS
2519:USS
2512:Dickerson
2510:USS
2448:USS
2403:HMS
2296:USS
2281:USS
2266:USS
2197:USS
2186:Esquimalt
2125:Karlsruhe
2103:USS
1974:USS
1969:Oldenburg
1961:USS
1910:USS
1903:USS
1896:USS
1889:USS
1882:USS
1875:USS
1860:USS
1829:Dickerson
1827:USS
1794:USS
1775:Dickerson
1773:USS
1432:submarine
1097:USS
1063:USS
903:batteries
850:to begin
643:USS
603:Tatsumaki
587:torpedoes
565:Tatsumaki
521:Tatsumaki
442:6th Fleet
388:laid down
276:torpedoes
116:Completed
90:Laid down
2755:May 1945
2655:Bullhead
2560:Bullhead
2521:Thornton
1938:Hamakaze
1932:Asashimo
1760:Awa Maru
1125:131°16′E
872:Iwo Jima
836:Otsujima
834:base at
813:catapult
667:151°00′E
581:tracked
488:east of
446:Tokuyama
438:Squadron
418:launched
396:Yokosuka
371:and the
323:catapult
263:Armament
147:Stricken
108:Launched
80:Yokosuka
2678:Redmill
2646:Harding
2608:Sigsbee
2599:Zellars
2586:Lindsey
2544:Mullany
2530:Defense
2405:Goodall
2268:Swallow
2199:Pringle
1963:LST-447
1944:Isokaze
1905:Newcomb
1884:Colhoun
1789:Brummer
1381:Sources
1122:24°15′N
1041:Chihaya
1017:kaitens
984:Okinawa
974:mission
970:Second
964:kaitens
888:Chihaya
862:mission
828:kaitens
817:kaitens
801:kaitens
782:carrier
664:27°02′N
639:Kavieng
573:Type 4
569:Tornado
361:torpedo
336:was an
98:Renamed
72:Builder
43:History
2710:U-3525
2669:Tolman
2633:Bryant
2624:Laffey
2592:U-1024
2551:Rodman
2537:Emmons
2492:U-1055
2423:U-1107
2396:U-1017
2324:Ro-109
2233:Aquila
2217:U-1274
2192:LĂĽtzow
2177:U-1235
2171:U-1063
2151:U-1206
2131:U-1024
2082:U-2516
2076:U-3512
2070:U-2514
2064:U-2509
2058:U-1065
2008:U-1001
1994:Yamato
1988:Yahagi
1982:U-1195
1976:PGM-18
1956:Kasumi
1912:Witter
1898:Morris
1891:Leutze
1847:U-3003
1814:U-3505
1808:U-2542
1802:U-1221
1768:CD-186
1430:(Otsu)
1170:kaiten
1099:Tulagi
1065:Bataan
1037:kaiten
1033:kaiten
1029:Tatara
1009:, and
991:Kaiten
988:Tatara
972:kaiten
899:kaiten
891:Kaiten
882:, and
860:kaiten
858:First
852:kaiten
832:kaiten
809:hangar
793:kaiten
780:kaiten
756:, and
718:squall
690:Allied
645:Permit
607:Ka-Tsu
599:lagoon
591:Ka-Tsu
575:Ka-Tsu
481:Ro-117
478:, and
475:Ro-116
365:kaiten
354:kaiten
319:Hangar
290:kaiten
185:Length
34:kaiten
2693:Huron
2617:Ekins
2577:I-401
2486:U-857
2480:U-548
2474:U-398
2468:U-396
2462:U-325
2456:U-246
2450:Snook
2443:Ro-49
2437:Ro-46
2417:U-879
2411:TA 43
2390:U-307
2384:U-286
2358:CH-17
2350:TA 34
2336:U-326
2330:TA 32
2310:U-546
2304:U-108
2289:U-183
2274:U-518
2259:U-636
2251:U-879
2245:U-548
2239:U-251
2211:U-880
2165:U-285
2159:U-103
2145:U-235
2117:U-486
2111:Ro-64
2096:Weser
2090:U-878
2052:U-982
2046:U-843
2040:U-804
2034:U-747
2028:U-677
2022:Ro-56
2002:U-774
1950:Isuzu
1855:U-242
1841:U-749
1835:U-237
1781:U-321
1176:Notes
1073:sank
884:I-370
880:I-368
847:I-370
841:I-368
759:Ro-43
753:Ro-41
742:Leyte
595:atoll
513:radar
490:Palau
469:Ro-47
463:I-183
400:Japan
239:Range
224:Speed
201:Draft
84:Japan
56:Japan
2738:1946
2730:1945
2722:1944
2702:Baya
2686:Argo
2662:Pogy
2639:Goya
2431:I-56
2378:U-56
2372:I-44
2364:U-56
2225:Goya
2205:U-78
1877:Bush
1862:S-17
1820:T111
1796:S-16
1692:I-58
1685:I-56
1678:I-54
1663:I-54
1651:I-45
1644:I-44
1637:I-43
1630:I-42
1623:I-41
1616:I-40
1601:I-40
1589:I-39
1582:I-38
1575:I-37
1568:I-36
1561:I-35
1554:I-34
1547:I-33
1540:I-32
1533:I-31
1526:I-30
1519:I-29
1512:I-28
1505:I-27
1498:I-26
1491:I-25
1484:I-23
1477:I-21
1470:I-19
1463:I-17
1456:I-15
1441:I-15
1370:2020
1344:2020
1315:2020
1166:I-44
1159:I-44
1147:I-44
1113:hull
1079:I-56
1075:I-44
1052:I-44
1047:Loss
1025:I-44
1012:I-58
1006:I-56
1000:I-47
995:I-44
960:I-44
933:I-44
921:I-44
895:I-44
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844:and
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811:and
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627:I-53
625:and
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550:I-53
547:and
544:I-41
538:I-38
532:I-36
527:I-44
509:I-44
505:Kure
458:I-44
434:I-44
412:I-44
386:was
384:I-44
333:I-44
321:and
306:1 x
287:6 Ă—
280:1 Ă—
193:Beam
132:Fate
102:I-44
62:Name
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