U.S. Navy submarines sank an estimated 1,178 Japanese merchant ships (each over 500 gross tons) and 214 Japanese warships during the war. The USN lost 52 submarines, about 20 percent of the force and 3,505 crewmembers, about 24 percent of the submarine
Categories: World War II | Ships and Submarines
 
 
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