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Ordered under the Rapid Naval Armaments Supplement Programme and built by the Kure Navy Yard at Kure, Japan, I-53 was laid down on 15 May 1942 with the name Submarine No. 626. [4] She was numbered I-53 and provisionally attached to the Kure Naval District on 1 November 1942; [ 4 ] she was the second Japanese submarine of that number, the first ...
The submarines of the KD3A sub-class were the first mass-produced Japanese-designed fleet submarines. [3] Based largely on the indigenous Kaidai Type II (of which one example, I-52, was constructed) with a strengthened double hull, their design was also influenced by the largest of the German submarines in Japanese hands, U-125. [4]
United States historic place Navy Yard Puget Sound U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark District General view of Shipbuilding Dock with Ammunition Ships in process of construction. August 13, 1919. Show map of Washington (state) Show map of the United States Location N shore of Sinclair Inlet, Bremerton, Washington Area 189 acres (76 ha) Architect US Navy ...
I-76/I-176 – sank USS Corvina patrolling off Truk on 16 November 1943, the only known Japanese submarine success against a US submarine – USS Snook was a probable second victim by Japanese submarines. I-176 was lost a year later off Buka Island on 16 May 1944, depth-charged by USS Franks, USS Haggard, and USS Johnston.
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
Japanese submarines continued to conduct occasional attacks against allied shipping off the U.S. coast during the rest of the war. Sent to American waters in hopes of targeting warships, the submarines managed to sink only a handful of merchant ships, besides conducting a few minor attacks on shore targets.
The U.S. Navy found the fort to be attractive after tests had shown that it was an outstanding location to eavesdrop on radio communication transmitted from the Far East, chiefly Japan. In August 1939, the U.S. Navy relocated the Astoria, Oregon, intercept site to Fort Ward. This was the beginning of the development of Fort Ward as a top-secret ...
Few large Japanese cargo ships operated in this area, and the British submarines' main targets were small craft operating in inshore waters. [48] The submarines were deployed to conduct reconnaissance, interdict Japanese supplies travelling to Burma, and attack U-boats operating from Penang. The Eastern Fleet's submarine force continued to ...