ITALIAN BOATS
On 26 August 1943 the Italian midget submarine C.B.4 under TV Armando Sibille sank the 586 ton Soviet submarine
SC-207 south of Tarchankut in the Black Sea. This was the only attack by C.B.4 & the only action led by Sibille.
PHOTO IS C.B.8
JAPANESE BOATS
On 21 December 1941 the I.J.N. submarine I-23 under KK Genichi Shibata attacked the 6,771 ton American steam-powered tanker AGWIWORLD with artillery and damaged her.
On 25 Dec. 1941 I-23 attacked the 2,119 ton American steamer DOROTHY PHILLIPS with artillery and damaged her. These were the only attacks by I-23 and the only action led by Shibata.
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