file created: 12/07/02 00:42:07 , last update: 05/02/00
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SS I-171
Imperial Japanese Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Kaidai 6a . .
. . 1944/02/01
sunk
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/06   raidPH Subron3 reconnaisance Lahain  
41/12/33       shell Palmyra Is.   85 
42/05 42/06   E/SubForAdv/Subron3 xMidway  
42/08/07     8thFlt Solomons   67 
43/05 43/06 KE   Kiska evacuation  
44/01/30       Rabaul - sail to Buka  
44/02/03       MIA  
44/02/09       sunk/prob(Guest,Hudson) SW.of Buka Is. (05-37S,154-14E)   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex I-71, 1942/05/20 > I-171, sunk (05-37S,154-14E)
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1/244
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