file created: 12/07/02 00:44:12 , last update: 07/23/00
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SS I-47
Imperial Japanese Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Hei-gata 2 . .
1944/07/10 1946
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/11/08     Kikumizu butai Ocudzima - sail to Ulithi  
44/11/20     Kikumizu butai sinking AO Mississinewa off Peleliu (11316 BRT)   86 
44/12/01     Kikumizu butai off Ulithi  
44/12/24?       departed Ocujama for Manus   101 
44/12/30     Kikumizu butai rescued 8 men from life raft  
44/III       kaiten training  
45/01/12     Kongo butai launched kaitens off Hollandia - damaged AK Pontus H. Ross (02-33S, 140-06E)   85 
45/03/29     Tatara butai disable(planes,DDs) Bungo Strait > terminate patrol   85 
45/04       Kure - repairs  
45/04/20     Amatake butai Kure - sail to Okinawa  
45/07/19     Tamori butai sail to Okinawa  
45/07/21     Tamori butai damaging by kaiten APA-200 Marathon at Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-13N, 127-50E)   85 
45/08       sail back to Kure  

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1/11316
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