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14 June 1944:
The I-364 is completed at Mitsubishi's Kobe Yard, commissioned in the IJN and based in the Yokosuka naval District. LtCdr Makino Takeo is the Commanding Officer. The I-364 is a Type D1 "Tei-gata" transport submarine and has no torpedo tubes. She undergoes battle training at SubRon 11.

6 September 1944:
The I-364 is assigned to Rear Admiral Owada Noboru's (former CO of YAMASHIRO) SubRon 7.

14 September 1944:
The I-364 departs Yokosuka for Wake Island on her maiden voyage with a crew of 77 aboard. Her estimated time of arrival at Wake is "late September".

16 September 1944:
250 miles E of the Boso Peninsula. The I-364 is running on the surface. LtCdr R. E. Styles' USS SEA DEVIL (SS-400), also on her first patrol, picks up the I-364 on radar. Styles begins tracking and identifies the target as a Japanese submarine. At dawn, the SEA DEVIL makes an approach. At 1,800 yards, just when I-364 is passing in front of him, Styles fires four torpedoes. Two hit and sink the I-364 at 34-30N, 145-23E.

31 October 1944:
Presumed lost with all hands.

10 December 1944:
Removed from the Navy List.

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Authors' Note: Special thanks for help in preparing this TROM go to Dr. Higuchi Tatsuhiro of Japan.
– Bob Hackett and Sander Kingsepp.

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