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1 May 1945:
Sasebo Navy Yard. Laid down as the Sen-Taka Sho (High-speed Small Type) class Submarine No. 4918. That same day she is renumbered HA-208 and provisionally attached to Sasebo Naval District.

26 May 1945:
Launched as HA-208.

15 June 1945:
Lt Kanechiku Mitsunaga (70)(former navigating officer of I-13) is appointed the Chief Equipping Officer (CEO).

4 August 1945:
Completed and commissioned in the IJN. Assigned to SubDiv 52 under Captain Yokota Minoru (former staff operations officer at SubRon 11). Lt Kanechiku Mitsunaga is the Commanding Officer.

2 September 1945:
Sasebo. HA-208 is surrendered to the Allies.

30 November 1945:
Removed from the Navy List.

26 March 1946:
Washington, DC. At a Submarine Officer's Conference, attended by former ComSubPac Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, it is decided to dispose of all remaining captured Japanese submarines by sinking.

1 April 1946: Operation "Road's End":
Goto Islands. Scuttled by the USN just beyond the 100-fathom line at 32-37N, 129-17E.

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Authors' Notes:
Special thanks for help in preparing this TROM go to Dr. Higuchi Tatsuhiro of Japan and the fellow submarine enthusiast Steven Eckhardt of Australia.

– Bob Hackett and Sander Kingsepp.

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