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The Japanese struck I-53 from the Navy list on 30 November 1945. [4] After she was stripped of all useful equipment and valuable materials, the U.S. Navy submarine tender USS Nereus (AS-17) towed her from Sasebo to an area off the Goto Islands and scuttled her with gunfire at 32°37′N 129°17′E / 32.617°N 129.283°E / 32.617 ...
Skilling is a member of the American Meteorological Society and National Weather Association.He hosted annual tornado and severe weather seminars at the Fermi National Accelerator Lab in Batavia, Illinois. 2013 marked the 32nd year of the seminar and the first that featured presentations specifically on climate change.
Submarine Squadron 4 was disbanded on 10 March 1942, and Submarine Division 18 was assigned to the Kure Guard Unit in the Kure Naval District in Japanese home waters. [8] [9] I-53, I-54, and I-55 departed Staring Bay on 16 March 1942 and arrived at Kure, Japan, on 25 March, where they assumed duties as training ships.
I-53 or Japanese submarine I-53 may refer to more than one submarine: Japanese submarine I-53, an Imperial Japanese Navy Type KD3 submarine launched in 1925 and decommissioned in 1945, renumbered I-153 in 1942; Japanese submarine I-53, an Imperial Japanese Navy Type C submarine launched in 1942 and decommissioned in 1945
The Type D Modified ((潜)丁型改, (Submarine) Type D Modified) (I-373-class) submarine was designed as a tanker submarine based on the Type D1 but with no torpedoes. I-373 – sunk in the East China Sea on August 14, 1945, by USS Spikefish. I-373 was the last Japanese submarine sunk in World War II.
The Bombardment of Ellwood during World War II was a naval attack by a Japanese submarine against United States coastal targets near Santa Barbara, California in February 1942. Though the damage was minimal, the event was key in triggering the West Coast invasion scare and influenced the decision to intern Japanese-Americans .
The Lookout Air Raids were minor but historic Japanese air raids that occurred in the mountains of Oregon, several miles outside Brookings during World War II. [1]On September 9, 1942, a Japanese Yokosuka E14Y Glen floatplane, launched from a Japanese submarine, dropped two incendiary bombs with the intention of starting a forest fire.
Transporting a Yokosuka E14Y seaplane, the submarine was manned by a crew of 97. [1] On 21 June 1942, I-25 had entered U.S. coastal waters, following fishing boats to avoid the mine fields in the area. Late that night, Commander Tagami ordered his crew to surface his submarine at the mouth of the Columbia River.