file created: 12/07/02 00:44:57 , last update: 06/19/00
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SS I-8
Imperial Japanese Navy submarine
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Junsen 3 . .
1938 1945/03/31
sunk
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41     DesRon3/SF    
42/10/26     SubFor/KO/SubRon2 xSCruz   103 
43/01/23       shell Kanton Is   85 
43/08       Padang (Sumatra) - sail to Brest (France)  
44/03/26       sinking neth. steamship Tjisalak off Colombo  
44/03/30       sinking HMSS City of Adelaide  
44/07/22       sinking AK s/s Jean Nicolet 680 nm SSW of Ceylon (03-00S, 74-30E)   85 
44/07/29       sinking HMSS Nellore  
45/03/20       sail to Okinawa  
45/03/31       sunk(Stockton,Morrison) 65 nm SE of Okinawa (25-29N, 128-35E)   85 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 25°29'N., 128°35'E.
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4/26494
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