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What were the tonnages of shipping sunk by Japanese submarines during World War 2?
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IJN subs were deployed for "fleet warfare", not merchant raiding. The costly job of sinking allied warships fell to the IJN sub fleet. It's estimated that IJN submarines sank less than 50 merchant ships during the war.
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