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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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was recommissioned on 1 June 1939 for service in the
Yokosuka Naval District, and returned to duty with Submarine Division 6 on 1 July 1939 for service in the gunnery school in the district. She completed this duty on 15 November 1939 and was decommissioned and placed in First Reserve in the
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served on training duties in
Japanese waters from 1941, operating in the Kure Defense Force until 15 January 1943, when Submarine Division 6 was transferred back to the Yokosuka Naval District.
459:(10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph); submerged, they had a range of 80 nmi (150 km; 92 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph).
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903 tonnes (889 long tons) surfaced and 1,120 tonnes (1,102.7 long tons) submerged. The submarines were 72.89 meters (239 ft 2 in) long and had a
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on 1 August 1926 and then on 1 December 1926 directly to the
Yokosuka Naval District, in which it remained until 1941. In the years that followed,
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1134:, Ushio ShobĹŤ (Japan), February 1988, Book code 68344-36
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1140:, Ushio ShobĹŤ (Japan), March 1988, Book code 68344-37
1065:, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985,
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1084:Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1922–1946
1063:Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1906–1921
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346:4 Ă— bow 533 mm (21.0 in)
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221:7.16 m (23 ft 6 in)
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735:ended. She was scrapped in 1946.
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246:1,600 shp (1,200 kW) (
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486:Construction and commissioning
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188:Japanese Type L submarine
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451:. They could reach 17.1
363:76.2 mm (3 in)
243:(1,800 kW) (diesel)
472:6th Year Type torpedoes
328:60 m (197 ft)
179:General characteristics
1409:Ro-57-class submarines
1082:Chesneau, Roger, ed.,
703:attack on Pearl Harbor
671:Ominato Guard Division
439:(895 kW) Vickers
408:Design and description
392:Imperial Japanese Navy
701:) with the Japanese
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536:Upon commissioning,
169:1 May 1945
1061:Gray, Randal, ed.,
679:Kure Naval District
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558:and the submarines
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277:2 Ă— electric motor
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480:machine gun
370:machine gun
368:1 x 6.5 mm
311:5,500
239:2,400
124:1 June 1939
73:18 May 1921
1424:1922 ships
1403:Categories
1047:21 October
1016:19 October
985:19 October
954:17 October
923:17 October
892:16 October
861:11 October
830:11 October
799:11 October
505:Mitsubishi
325:Test depth
280:2 x shafts
257:Propulsion
156:1 May 1945
148:1 May 1945
56:Mitsubishi
1094:, p. 177.
1073:, p. 247.
699:East Asia
647:2nd Fleet
606:departed
546:1st Fleet
544:1 in the
495:laid down
422:displaced
418:torpedoes
398:submarine
390:, was an
357:torpedoes
86:Completed
70:Laid down
620:Shanghai
542:Squadron
517:Launched
341:Armament
153:Stricken
78:Launched
1037:"RO-68"
1006:"RO-64"
636:Formosa
630:in the
616:Chinese
612:Okinawa
269:Vickers
102:Renamed
52:Builder
23:History
1380:Kaichū
1119:
1090:
1069:
1043:. 2016
1012:. 2016
981:. 2016
950:. 2016
919:. 2016
888:. 2016
857:. 2018
826:. 2018
795:. 2018
733:Allies
707:Hawaii
608:Sasebo
600:, and
395:Type L
210:Length
167:Hulked
1362:Ro-68
1355:Ro-67
1348:Ro-66
1341:Ro-65
1334:Ro-64
1327:Ro-63
1320:Ro-62
1313:Ro-61
1306:Ro-60
1295:Ro-60
1283:Ro-59
1276:Ro-58
1269:Ro-57
1258:Ro-57
1246:Ro-56
1239:Ro-55
1232:Ro-54
1225:Ro-53
1214:Ro-53
1202:Ro-52
1195:Ro-51
1184:Ro-51
739:Notes
725:ĹŚtake
717:Ro-59
711:Ro-59
675:Ro-59
666:Ro-59
651:Ro-59
603:Ro-68
597:Ro-64
591:Ro-63
585:Ro-62
579:Ro-61
573:Ro-60
567:Ro-58
561:Ro-57
556:Ro-59
551:Ro-59
513:Japan
491:Ro-59
453:knots
430:draft
381:Ro-59
306:Range
294:knots
292:17.1
287:Speed
226:Draft
106:Ro-59
64:Japan
36:Japan
1117:ISBN
1088:ISBN
1067:ISBN
1049:2020
1018:2020
987:2020
956:2020
925:2020
894:2020
863:2020
832:2020
801:2020
729:hulk
719:was
689:The
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