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SS I-53
Imperial Japanese Navy submarine
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Hei-gata 3 | . . | 1944/02/20 | 1946/04/01
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/06 |   | A-Go | SubFor | xPhilip - patrol N of Admiralty Is |   81  |
| 44/11/13 |   |   |   | damaged off Marcus Is. |   85  |
| 44/12 | 45/01 |   | Kongo Butai |   |   81  |
| 45/01/12 |   |   | Kongo Butai | off Kossol Roads |   85  |
| 45/03/30 |   |   |   | damaged by mine, Suwo-Nada |   85  |
| 45/07/24 |   |   | Tamon Butai | sinking(kaitens) Underhill NE of Luzon |   81  |
| 45/08/05 |   |   |   | damaging (near-miss of kaiten) Earl V. Johnson 350 nm S of Okinawa (20-17N, 128-07E) |   85  |