Dai 1 Go-gata Yusokan

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Revision 1

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8 May 1944:
Yokohama. Laid down at Mitsubishi Yokohama Shipyard as Ship No. 2908, a 1,500-ton No. 1 class landing ship.

10 August 1944:
Reserve LtCdr Kato Yoshimasa is appointed Chief Equipping Officer.

11 August 1944:
Launched and numbered T.8. Attached to the Yokosuka Guard Force.

13 September 1944:
Completed. LtCdr Kato is the Commanding Officer.

25 September 1944:
Attached to the Second Transport Squadron, Yokosuka Guard Force.

14 November 1944:
Loads motor torpedo boat (MTB) No. 73. Departs Yokosuka.

(IJN Motor Torpedo Boat)

16 November 1944:
Arrives at Futami Bay, Chichi Jima, Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands. Unloads MTB No. 73, then departs.

19 November 1944:
Arrives at Yokosuka.

28 November 1944:
Departs Yokosuka for Chichi Jima and Iwo Jima, then returns to Yokosuka.

6 December 1944:
Reserve LtCdr Ishii Jiro is appointed Commanding Officer.

10 December 1944:
Loads MTB No. 32. Departs Yokosuka.

12 December 1944:
Arrives at Futami Bay, Chichi Jima. Unloads MTB No. 32.

E 23 December 1944:
T.8 departs Chichi Jima for Iwo Jima on a resupply mission.

24 December 1944:
Rear Admiral (later Vice Admiral) Allan E. Smith’s (USNA '15) Task Group 94.9 shells Iwo Jima. Later, SSW of Chichi Jima, destroyers USS CASE (DD-370) and USS ROE (DD-418) sink T.8 at 25-10N, 41-00E.

(USS CASE (DD-370) and USS ROE (DD-418)

10 February 1945:
Removed from the Navy List.

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-Bob Hackett

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