file created: 12/07/02 00:44:39 , last update: 06/28/00
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SS I-56
Imperial Japanese Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Ocu-gata 3 . .
1944/06/08 1945/03/31
missed
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/10/25       disabling Santee off Leyte  
44/12/21       departed Ocujama for Manus   101 
45/01/12     Kongo butai off Manus   85 
45/03/31       MIA off Okinawa  
45/04/18     Tatara butai sunk(VT-47, Heerman, Mertz, Collet, McCord) 150 nm E of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-42N, 130-38E)   66  85 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 26-42N, 130-38E
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