file created: 12/07/02 00:44:34 , last update: 07/23/00
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SS I-53
Imperial Japanese Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Hei-gata 3 . .
1944/02/20 1946/04/01
sunk
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
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 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): Underhill
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