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394:Panama Canal
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361:commissioned
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307:machine guns
139:Displacement
124:
87:Commissioned
21:USS Pickerel
1789: /
1339:HMNZS
797:pp. 305–311
674:with three
607:Bunzan Maru
591:Fukuei Maru
492:Philippines
414:Philippines
347:Company in
82:7 July 1936
1830:1936 ships
1804:Categories
1746:March 1943
1682:Dover Hill
1612:Wollongbar
1334:Aaron Ward
1264:Shipwrecks
955:Submarine!
846:pp.261–263
687:References
484:Kanko Maru
380:After her
365:Lieutenant
351:. She was
275:Complement
267:Test depth
236:four-cycle
200:-cylinder
189:Propulsion
176:in (7.6 m)
1693:Albatross
1691:USS
1637:USS
1548:HMS
1543:El Estero
1505:Grenadier
1503:USS
1492:HMS
1475:HMS
1442:HMS
1427:Archimede
1362:USS
1332:USS
603:Shiragami
509:Australia
469:torpedoes
461:destroyer
457:submarine
330:submarine
295:torpedoes
259:Endurance
221:batteries
219:AMTX33HB
202:two-cycle
133:submarine
71:Laid down
1777:141°58′E
1759:May 1943
1710:30 Apr:
1703:Aréthuse
1700:20 Apr:
1689:11 Apr:
1639:Pickerel
1619:30 Apr:
1603:29 Apr:
1593:28 Apr:
1583:27 Apr:
1576:Limerick
1573:26 Apr:
1563:25 Apr:
1540:24 Apr:
1512:23 Apr:
1501:22 Apr:
1494:Splendid
1484:21 Apr:
1467:18 Apr:
1451:17 Apr:
1444:Pakenham
1434:16 Apr:
1424:15 Apr:
1408:14 Apr:
1401:Beverley
1397:11 Apr:
1387:10 Apr:
1187:Cachalot
1143:Pickerel
1128:P-5 type
1103:P-3 type
1086:Porpoise
1078:P-1 type
1069:Porpoise
1031:Pickerel
1023:Pickerel
981:War Fish
630:Pickerel
619:Pickerel
580:Pickerel
569:Pickerel
524:Pickerel
520:en route
505:Brisbane
498:Pickerel
480:Surabaya
434:Pickerel
410:Hawaiian
402:Pickerel
353:launched
325:Porpoise
320:(SS-177)
318:Pickerel
283:Armament
211:through
125:Porpoise
95:Stricken
79:Launched
1679:4 Apr:
1663:2 Apr:
1390:Trieste
1380:Isonami
1377:9 Apr:
1364:Kanawha
1360:8 Apr:
1330:7 Apr:
1314:6 Apr:
1298:5 Apr:
1282:2 Apr:
1275:Lubiana
1272:1 Apr:
1171:Pompano
1164:Pollack
1157:Plunger
969:_____.
917:Sources
682:service
554:sampans
540:on the
465:torpedo
171:⁄
146:(1,372
57:Builder
38:History
1774:41°3′N
1713:Hermes
1477:Regent
1454:Naïade
1317:Blitar
1196:Salmon
1150:Permit
1118:Tarpon
926:
757:
723:
636:Awards
599:Honshū
565:Honshū
476:Manila
459:and a
327:-class
223:, 8 ×
194:Winton
166:25 ft
155:Length
142:1,350
127:-class
108:Honshū
1645:U-376
1628:U-227
1606:U-332
1586:U-174
1566:U-203
1556:U-710
1550:Sahib
1533:U-602
1527:U-191
1521:U-189
1460:U-175
1417:U-526
1370:U-733
1353:U-644
1347:Ro-34
1323:U-632
1307:U-635
1301:U-167
1291:U-124
1198:class
1189:class
1136:Perch
1111:Shark
622:'
583:'
546:Kiska
542:Tokyo
527:'
511:, to
501:'
426:Japan
309:(2x2)
251:Range
243:Speed
217:Gould
181:Draft
1742:1944
1734:1943
1726:1942
1672:I-20
1666:I-16
1399:HMS
1093:Pike
943:here
941:and
939:here
755:ISBN
721:ISBN
678:for
605:and
478:and
451:and
341:keel
339:Her
322:, a
316:USS
301:/50
286:6 ×
192:4 ×
163:Beam
144:tons
103:Fate
1341:Moa
1021:of
615:ASW
428:'s
303:cal
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