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from 1 December 1927 to 30 November 1929 and from 1 December 1930 to 11 December 1933, the
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Japanese waters from 1941, operating in the Kur Defense Force until 15 January 1943, when Submarine Division 6 was transferred back to the Yokosuka Naval District.
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15 November 1934. On 1 April 1939 she was assigned to duty at the gunnery school in the
Yokosuka Naval District. She participated in a naval review at
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Yokosuka Naval District, in which it remained until 1941. In the years that followed,
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1094:, Ushio ShobĹŤ (Japan), September 1980, Book code 68343-44
1100:, Ushio ShobĹŤ (Japan), February 1988, Book code 68344-36
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1030:, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985,
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1049:Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1922–1946
1028:Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1906–1921
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325:4 Ă— bow 533 mm (21.0 in)
179:903 tonnes (889 long tons) surfaced
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208:3.96 m (13 ft 0 in)
200:7.16 m (23 ft 6 in)
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699:ended. She was scrapped in 1946.
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225:1,600 shp (1,200 kW) (
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465:Construction and commissioning
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167:Japanese Type L submarine
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430:. They could reach 17.1
342:76.2 mm (3 in)
222:(1,800 kW) (diesel)
521:Yokosuka Naval District
482:on 15 February 1921 by
451:6th Year Type torpedoes
307:60 m (197 ft)
158:General characteristics
1375:Ro-57-class submarines
1047:Chesneau, Roger, ed.,
667:attack on Pearl Harbor
418:(895 kW) Vickers
387:Design and description
371:Imperial Japanese Navy
665:) with the Japanese
632:was assigned to the
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515:Upon commissioning,
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1026:Gray, Randal, ed.,
643:Kure Naval District
593:, Japan, bound for
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363:, originally named
615:Pescadores Islands
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256:2 Ă— electric motor
28:in June 1925.
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517:Submarine No. 47
511:Pre-World War II
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416:brake-horsepower
366:Submarine No. 47
108:25 November 1922
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84:15 February 1921
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105:Commissioned
92:2 March 1922
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601:waters off
459:machine gun
349:machine gun
347:1 x 6.5 mm
290:5,500
218:2,400
1390:1922 ships
1369:Categories
1012:21 October
981:19 October
950:19 October
919:17 October
888:17 October
857:16 October
826:11 October
795:11 October
764:11 October
484:Mitsubishi
304:Test depth
259:2 x shafts
236:Propulsion
135:1 May 1945
116:1 May 1945
67:Mitsubishi
1059:, p. 177.
1038:, p. 247.
663:East Asia
626:2nd Fleet
589:departed
529:1st Fleet
527:1 in the
474:laid down
401:displaced
397:torpedoes
377:submarine
369:, was an
336:torpedoes
97:Completed
81:Laid down
689:Yokosuka
639:Yokohama
603:Shanghai
525:Squadron
496:Launched
320:Armament
132:Stricken
89:Launched
1002:"RO-68"
971:"RO-64"
613:in the
599:Chinese
595:Okinawa
248:Vickers
121:Renamed
63:Builder
34:History
1346:Kaichū
1085:
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1008:. 2016
977:. 2016
946:. 2016
915:. 2016
884:. 2016
853:. 2016
822:. 2018
791:. 2018
760:. 2018
697:Allies
671:Hawaii
591:Sasebo
583:, and
374:Type L
189:Length
146:Hulked
1328:Ro-68
1321:Ro-67
1314:Ro-66
1307:Ro-65
1300:Ro-64
1293:Ro-63
1286:Ro-62
1279:Ro-61
1272:Ro-60
1261:Ro-60
1249:Ro-59
1242:Ro-58
1235:Ro-57
1224:Ro-57
1212:Ro-56
1205:Ro-55
1198:Ro-54
1191:Ro-53
1180:Ro-53
1168:Ro-52
1161:Ro-51
1150:Ro-51
703:Notes
681:Ro-58
675:Ro-58
630:Ro-58
586:Ro-68
580:Ro-64
574:Ro-63
568:Ro-62
562:Ro-61
556:Ro-60
550:Ro-59
544:Ro-57
539:Ro-58
534:Ro-58
492:Japan
470:Ro-58
432:knots
409:draft
360:Ro-58
285:Range
273:knots
271:17.1
266:Speed
205:Draft
125:Ro-58
75:Japan
47:Japan
26:Ro-58
1083:ISBN
1053:ISBN
1032:ISBN
1014:2020
983:2020
952:2020
921:2020
890:2020
859:2020
828:2020
797:2020
766:2020
693:hulk
683:was
653:The
611:Mako
607:Amoy
605:and
488:Kobe
472:was
405:beam
340:1 Ă—
331:8 x
312:Crew
246:2 Ă—
197:Beam
140:Fate
71:Kobe
53:Name
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486:at
476:as
447:bow
344:gun
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220:bhp
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