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Pages in category "Japanese submarines lost during World War II" The following 140 pages are in this category, out of 140 total. ... Japanese submarine Ro-501; U.
The Type B or Junsen B type (乙型 or 巡潜乙型, (Cruiser submarine) Type B) (I-15-class) submarines were the most numerous type of submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. In total 20 were made, starting with I-15, the class ship.
Excluding special underwater craft such as midget submarines, the German Kriegsmarine lost 765 submarines to all causes during World War II [6] in addition to 150 submarines scuttled in German-held ports in northern Europe during the first week of May 1945 by their crews to avoid surrendering them to the Allies, [7] while Japan lost 129 ...
During World War II, the U.S. Navy's submarine service suffered one of the highest casualty percentage of all the American armed forces, losing one in five submariners. [3] Some 16,000 submariners served during the war, of whom 375 officers and 3,131 enlisted men were killed, resulting in a total fatality rate of around 22%.
Japanese submarines lost during World War II (140 P) Pages in category "World War II submarines of Japan" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 263 total.
Pages in category "Missing submarines of World War II" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. ... Japanese submarine I-11; Japanese submarine I-20;
Most notably, the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano was the largest carrier of the war, and the largest object sunk by a submarine when she was hit by four torpedoes from USS Archerfish. [5] Sixteen carriers were lost to the air groups of enemy aircraft carriers, and five were sunk to land based aircraft.
Japan: 19 August 1944: USS Rasher United States: 2,649 [12] Yoshida Maru No. 1: Troopship Japan: 26 April 1944: USS Jack United States: 2,495 [13] Yoshino Maru: Troopship Japan: 31 July 1944: USS Parche United States: 2,475 [13] Sakito Maru: Troopship Japan: 1 March 1944: USS Trout United States: 2,246 [9] Akitsu Maru: Escort carrier operated ...