file created: 12/07/02 00:42:09 , last update: 05/12/00
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SS I-172
Imperial Japanese Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Kaidai 6a . .
. . 1942/11/10
sunk
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/06   raidPH Subron3 reconnaisance Lahain  
41/12/19       sinking AK Prusa 150 miles S of Hawai (16-45N, 156-00W)   85 
41/12/23       shell Palmyra Is.   85 
42/02/22       patro:sinking AO Neches W of Oahu (21-01N, 160-06W)   81 
42/08/07       patro: Solomons  
42/10/1? 42/11??   SubFor/KO/SubRon2 xSCruz   103 
42/10/29       sunk(VP-11) W of San Cristobal (13-01S, 162-45E)   85 
42/11       patro: MIA off Guadalcanal  
42/11/11       ??? sunk/prob(Southard) off Cape Recherche ???  

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex I-72, 1942/05/20 > I-172
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1/5113 USS Neches
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